Acronym Glossary
by Carolanne Reynolds

For those who wonder what those alphabet-soup initials stand for, here are some of the acronyms written out:

Enjoy :-)

-->Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms (2010 Jul 28)

-----  as of 2010 July 28



+++  ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS/INITIALISMS  +++

DWV  COUNCIL (elected Nov 2008, term ends Dec 2011)

        Mayor = Pamela Goldsmith-Jones
        Councillors:   
                        Ev Michael Evison {formerly ME, wch cd be ambiguous!}
                        ML Michael Lewis
                        TP Trish Panz
                        MS Michael Smith
                        Sop = Bill Soprovich
                        SW Shannon Walker
        Staff: 
                CAO = Chief Administrative Officer, Grant McRadu
                BL or DepCAO or DCAO = Brent Leigh, Deputy CAO
                RL or Laing or Dir/Fin = Richard Laing, Director of Finance
                AM or Dir/Parks = Anne Mooi, Director of Parks(, Recreation, Cmnty Services)
                Sokol or Dir/Plan = Bob Sokol, Director of Planning(, Lands, and Permits)
                RF or Dir/Engg = Raymond Fung, Director of Engineering
                MClk or SSch = Municipal Clerk, Sheila Scholes

Other staff and mbrs of the public will be named (in full, best efforts) first, then initials or abbreviated names; CR of course is Carolanne Reynolds.  Of necessity, there are many abbreviations, acronyms (initials that can be said as a word), and initialisms, when typing quickly.  Missing  from this list are some that are well known such as PM, MP; MLA; SFU, UBC, BCIT, EU, UN, ...

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AAMOF = As A Matter of Fact
ABA = Ambleside Business Association
AC, adv cmte = advisory committee
ACA = Altamont Community Association
acct - account
ADRA = Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers' Association
add'l/add'n = additional, addition
adv = advisory
AFAIK = as far as I know
AGM = Annual General Meeting
aka = also known as
Amb = Ambleside
amt = amount
ans = answer
applic = application
appmt = appointment
approp = appropriate
apt = apartment
Aq Ctr = Aquatic Centre
asap = as soon as possible
Assn = Association
asst = assistant
av = average or available
AWAD = A Word A Day; a new word M - F; read subscribers' comments in AWADmail on the weekend
AYC = Ambleside Youth Centre
        BANANA = Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
        b/c because
        BCR BC Rail
        bd / bdrm / bd mtg = board, boardroom, board meeting
        biz business
        bldg building
        blk block
        blvd boulevard
        bn been
        BoV Board of Variance
        BPAHA British Properties' Area Homeowners' Association
        BPP British Pacific Properties (company)
        BRB Be Right Back
        BSC Balanced Scorecard
        btw by the way
CBA = Caulfeild Business Association
CBRL = Cypress Bowl Recreations Ltd (commonly called Cypress Mountain although another one)
ccl, cclr = council, councillor (Ccl 2010, Cclr X)
cd = could
Cdn = Canadian
CEC = Community Engagement Committee
CF = Canada Fund (fed stimulus $)
char = character (with neighbourhood)
chn = children
CID = Caller ID (identification, on phone)
CLUC = Caulfeild Land Use Contract
cmnty = community
cmte = committee
CN = Canadian National (Railway)
colln = collection
corresp = correspondence
CPT = Christian Peacemaker Team
CRA = in past Cedardale Ratepayer Assn and/or Caulfeild Ratepayer Assn (but no news for a while)
ctr = centre as noun (center, the American spelling, as verb)
CWOT = Complete Waste of Time
        DBA Dundarave Business Association (in commerce, dba Doing Business As)
        dbl double
        DCC Devt Cost Charges
        dept department
        devpr, devt = developer, development
        diff difficult or different
        Dir - Director
        DFO Dept of Fisheries & Oceans; now FOC, Fisheries & Oceans Canada (so DFO still used)
        DNA Dundarave Neighbourhood Association
        doc document
        DP / Devt Permit and DPA = Development Permit / Application
        Dund Dundarave (pronounced Dun-duhr-AHV)
        DVP Development Variance Permit
EAPPI = Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel
ecic = economic
EfW = Energy from Waste
EHYC = Eagle Harbour Yacht Club
emerg = emergency
engg, engr = engineering, engineer
EOI = Expressions of Interest (used by the Housing Pilot Prog/Proj WG seeking proposals)
esp = especially
ev = every
EvDr = Evelyn Drive
exec = executive (eg Executive Assistant)
        FAR/FSR = Floor Area/Space Ratio (square feet in house as part of sq ftg of lot/property)
        FBG Ferry Building Gallery
        FCM Federation of Canadian Municipalities
        Fdn Foundation
        fed federal
        FOI Freedom of Information
        ft foot/feet
        FTE Full Time Equivalent (used for staffing information)
        FWIW For What It's Worth
        fyi for your information
GARPA = Gleneagles Area Rate Payers' Association
GFOA = Govt Finance Officers Assn
GHG = Green House Gases
GLH = Gertrude Lawson House (WV Museum)
govt = government
grp = group
GTG/G2G = Got to Go
GVRD = see MetroV (new name for Greater Vancouver Regional District
GVSDD = Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District
        H heritage
        HBay Horseshoe Bay
        HBB Home-Based Business (used by staff in Sept for amendments to bylaw Oct 2009)
        HBB(C)A = Horseshoe Bay Business (and Community) Association
        HHS Hollyburn Heritage Society
        hv have
        HR Human Resources
        HRA Heritage Revitalization Agreement
        HSBC Heritage Society of BC
        h/w hardware (see s/w also)
        HWk Heritage Week (across Canada; always starts third Monday in February)
        HWV Heritage West Van
ICAHD = Israeli Committee Against House Demolition
IM = Instant Messaging
IMO/IMVHO = In My Opinion or In My (Very) (Humble) Opinion
imp = important
IOW - In Other Words
ISM = International Solidarity Movement (often with CPT)
IT = Information Technology
        JAC Jericho Arts Centre
        jr junior
K = 1000
km = kilometres
KMC = Kay Meek Centre
kph = kilometres per hour
        LC Lower Caulfeild (LCAC, Lower Caulfeild Advisory Cmte)
        LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (with silver and gold levels)
        LGA Local Government Act
        LGB Lions' Gate Bridge
        Lib Library
        LLR Lower Level Road
        LM Lower Mainland
        LMMA Lower Mainland Municipal Assn
        LMTAC Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee
        locn location
        LOL Laughing Out Loud (or Lots of Love)
        LPPS Lighthouse Park Preservation Society
M = municipal
m = metre, a measurement, as opposed to meter as in water meters
$M = million
M&Ccl = Mayor and Ccl
MAC = Museum Adv Cmte (still functioning?)
max = maximum
mbr(s) = member(s)
MDr = Marine Drive
MetroV = Metro Vancouver (formerly GVRD, Greater Vancouver Regional District)
MFA = Municipal Finance Authority
MFCR = Main Floor Conference Room (at Municipal Hall)
mgr, mgmt = manager, management
min = minimum (max = maximum); sometimes minutes
MoTH = Ministry of Transportation and Highways
MoU = Memo of Understanding
mph = miles per hour (obsolete :-), but not to us oldies; same for ft/feet still referred to)
MRN = Major Road Network
msg = message
mtg = meeting
mtn = mountain
        nbr/nbrhd = neighbour/neighbourhood
        NIMBY Not in My Backyard
        NIMTO Not in My Term of Office
        NS or NSh = North Shore
        NSACDI = North Shore Advisory Committee on Disability Issues
        NSFC-YJ = North Shore Family Court - Youth Justice (Cmte)
        NSHC, NSHF = North Shore Heritage Committee, now Forum
        NSHPS North Shore Heritage Preservation Society
        NSHWknd = North Shore Heritage Weekend (third weekend in September)
        NSWP North Shore Wetland Partners
OCP = Official Community Plan
ofc = office
OGC = Old-Growth Conservancy
OMG = Omigosh/Omigod!
opp = opportunity (may also be opposed or opposition)
org = organization
OTOH = On The Other Hand
        P3 Public Private Partnership
        PH Public Hearing
        ph phone
        pls please
        popn population
        ppl people
        pkg parking (on occasion, package)
        PkR / Pk Royal = Park Royal; PkR-S (South), PkR-N (North)
        PQP Public Question Period (comments also allowed)
        POV Point of View
        prev previous
        prez president
        prob'ly = probably
        prog program/me
        prop property
        prov province
        PSAB Public Sector Accounting Board
        PSF Pacific Salmon Foundation
        pt point or part
        PWV Preserve West Van
Q = question; Qs and As = questions and answers
QED = Quod Erat Demonstrandum = thus demonstrated (in math, and used in debates)
QET = Queen Elizabeth Theatre
qtn = quotation
qty = quantity
        RAK Random Acts of Kindness
        RCL Royal Canadian Legion (in WV, Branch 60)
        rec'd received
        regs regulations
        relnship = relationship
        rept report (when typed in a rush)
        reqmts = requirements
        resid residential
        rev revenue
        RFMP Recreation Facilities Master Plan (from the 1990s? now finished)
        rlwy railway
        ROTFL(WTIME) = Rolling On The Floor Laughing / With Tears in My Eyes
        ROW Right of Way
S2S = Sea-to-Sky (highway)
SAC = Seniors' Activity Centre
sch dist / SD / SD45 = School District (WV is No. 45)
sec = with sec stes
secy = secretary
SFMP = Sport Fields Master Plan
sf, sq ftg = square feet, square footage
sgl-fam = single-family
shd = should
signif = significant
SNAFU = Situation Normal, All 'Fouled' Up
soln = solution (hope we find a lot!)
SOS = Statement of Significance, used in descriptions of heritage assets
sp = special
sp? = spelling?
Sq = Squamish
sr = senior
stes = suites; sec stes = secondary suites; 2ndary/2ry secondary
stmt = statement
stn = station
s/w = software (see also h/w)
        TAFN That's all for now
        TBA/TBC/TBD = To be Announced/Confirmed/Determined     
        techn technical
        TfT Trees for Tomorrow
        TLC The Land Conservancy (otherwise Tender Loving Care)
        T&M = Time and Materials (term used in consulting, rather than fixed price)
        transp = transportation
        TPTB The Powers That Be                      
        treas treasurer
        TTFN Ta Ta For Now
        ttyl talk to you later
        TTYS talk to you soon
        TWay Taylor Way
        tyvm thank you very much
UBCM = Union of BC Municipalities
UL = Upper Levels, as in Highway
        v very
        VAG Vancouver Art Gallery
        VANOC Vancouver Olympic Committee
        VO Vancouver Opera
        VoIP Voice over the Internet Protocol (telephony term)
        VP vice president
        VPL Vancouver Public Library
        VSO Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
w/ = with, and w/o for without
wch = which
wd = would
WFT = See WTF
WG = Working Group (there are many, so check list on DWV website to find the initials that fit)
wk = week
WRA = Western Residents' Association
wrt = with regard/reference to
WTE = Waste-to-Energy, an option for reducing gases that cause global warming (there's a facility in Burnaby)
WTF = Wisconsin Tourist Federation -- name now changed to Wisconsin Federation of Tourism
WTHIT = What the Heck is This?
WVCC = WV Cmnty Ctr; cf WVChC/WVChamber for WV Chamber of Commerce
WVCGG = WV Citizens for Good Government
WVFD = WV Fire Department
WVHS = WV Historical Society
WVM = West Van Matters
WVMEA = WV Municipal Employees Assn
WVML = WV Memorial Library
WVPD = WV Police Department
WVS = actual name is WV Streamkeeper Society, so also WVSS but that can be WV Secondary School
WVSK/WVSk/WVSkS = to be clearer when referring to the WV Streamkeepers (WVS above)
WVSPCA = WV Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
WVSPS = WV Shoreline Preservation Society
WVYC = WV Yacht Club
WWY(T)S = What Were You (They) Smoking?
WYSIWYG = What You See is What You Get
        YAC Youth Adv Cmte
        Y/E Year-End
        YMMV Your Mileage May Vary (meaning your experience may differ)
        YT Yours Truly, meaning me (CR)
ZWC = Zero-Waste Challenge

If you have more acronyms you want to add to this list, please send them to me. If you go to the link................ we'll put the list there for reference.