Troop 208 - Scouting-Related Abbreviations and Acronyms:

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Troop 208 - Scouting-Related Abbreviations and Acronyms:

Abbreviations serve the purpose of brevity; they are not always conducive to clarity. The Scouting abbreviations and acronyms listed here can aid communication when you know that your audience will quickly recognize them.

AAMES - Association of African Methodist Episcopal Scouters
ABS - Association of Baptists for Scouting
ACM - assistant Cubmaster
AD - activities director
ADL - assistant den leader
AGC - Annual Giving Campaign
APL - assistant patrol leader
APO - Alpha Phi Omega
ASE - assistant Scout executive
ASM - assistant Scoutmaster
ASPL - assistant senior patrol leader
B-P - Lord Baden-Powell
BM - business manager
BSA - Boy Scouts of America
BSE - borough Scout executive
CD - camping director
COPE - Project COPE (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience)
COR - chartered organization representative
CPD - Center for Professional Development
CSE - Chief Scout Executive
DCS - director of camping service
DE - district executive
DEm/p - district executive-multiple-person; district executive (multiple person); district executive, multiple/person (obsolete)
DFS - director of field service
DFiS - director of finance service
DL - den leader
DSS - director of support services
DiD - district director
EnD - endowment director
FD - field director
FOS - Friends of Scouting
FiD - finance director
JASM - junior assistant Scoutmaster
JOTA - Jamboree-on-the-Air
KISMIF - Keep It Simple, Make It Fun
LNT - Leave No Trace
MCCS - Members of Churches of Christ for Scouting

NAES - National Association of Episcopals for Scouting
NAPS - National Association of Presbyterian Scouters
NAUMS - National Association of United Methodist Scouters
NCCS - National Catholic Committee on Scouting
NCS - National Camping School
NDC - National Distribution Center
NEI - National Executive Institute (obsolete)
NESA - National Eagle Scout Association
NJLIC - National Junior Leader Instructor Camp
NLAS - National Lutheran Association of Scouters
NLTC - National Leadership Training Conference
NOAC - National Order of the Arrow Conference
NRRC - National Religious Relationships Committee
NTS - National Training School (obsolete)
NYILT - National Youth Instructor Leadership Training
NYLT - National Youth Leadership Training
OA - Order of the Arrow
OFC - Operation First Class (obsolete)
P.R.A.Y. - Programs of Religious Activities With Youth
PD - program director
PD-L1 - Professional Development Level 1
PD-L2 - Professional Development Level 2
PD-L3 - Professional Development Level 3
PL - patrol leader
PLC - patrol leaders' council
PRD - public relations director
PTC - Philmont Training Center
SDE - senior district executive
SE - Scout executive
SEA - Scout Executives' Alliane
SME - Sustaining Membership Enrollment (obsolete)
SPL - senior patrol leader
TAY - total available youth
TD - training director
TRAIL - TRAIL (Teaching Resources And Individual Leadership) Boss
USFIS - United States Foundation for International Scouting
WDL - Webelos den leader
WOSM - World Organization of the Scout Movement
WSB - World Scout Bureau