Glossary
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Troop 116 Abreviations
APC:
Annual Planning Council
COH:
Court of Honor
JLT:
Junior Leadership Training
BSA Abreviations
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:
Baden-Powell
BM:
business manager
BSA:
Boy Scouts of America
BSE:
borough Scout executive
CD:
camping director
COH:
Court of Honor
COPE:
Project COPE (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience)
COR:
chartered organization representative
CPD:
Center for Professional Development
CSE:
Chief Scout Executive
DCAD:
distinguished citizen award dinner
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
G.O.L.D.:
Growth Opportunities in Leadership Development (obsolete)
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
NLATS:
National Lodge Adviser Training Seminar
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' Alliance
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