A work in progress!
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ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS/INITIALISMS +++
DWV COUNCIL (elected Nov 2011, sworn in Dec 5;
term ends 30 November 2014)
Mayor =
Michael Smith
Councillors: >MB/MAB = Mary-Ann
Booth CC = Craig Cameron
NG = Nora Gambioli ML = Michael Lewis
TP = Trish Panz Sop = Bill Soprovich
DWV COUNCIL 2014 -
2018 same as above except Christine Cassidy has taken Trish Panz's
empty seat. That means one CC is Cam and the other
Cass
Former DWV COUNCIL (2008 to 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:
NL or CAO = Chief Administrative Officer =
Nina Leemhuis (former CFO) BL or DepCAO or D/CAO = Brent
Leigh, Deputy CAO MK or CFO = Michael
Koke MK or A/CFO = Acting CFO
Michael Koke Jan 2013 (became CFO) 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
KM = Kristi Merilees, Mgr of Cmnty Relns
JB = Jenny Benedict, Dir/LibServices (till Sept 2010 Chief
Librarian, Ann Goodhart) 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, ...
Feel free to request including more......
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AAMOF = As A Matter of
Fact AAP = Alternative Approval Process AAP = Assessed and Awaiting Placement [VCH lingo] ab = ability ABA = Ambleside Business
Association AC, adv cmte = advisory
committee ACA = Altamont Community Association ACM = All-Candidates Mtg acct/acctg =
account/accounting ack/ackn = acknowledge ADRA = Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers'
Association add'n/addn, add'l/addl =
addition, additional adv = advisory AFAIK = as far as I know AFN = Assembly
of First Nations (Amerindians) AGM = Annual
General Meeting aka = also known as ALC = Alternate Level of Care [VCH lingo] AMA = Ask Me Anything A/Mayor = Acting Mayor Amb =
Ambleside amt = amount ans =
answer app = sometimes: appreciate applic/applicn = application appmt =
appointment approp = appropriate apt = apartment Aq Ctr = Aquatic
Centre ARC = Ambleside Revitalization Commission
(appointed March 2011; ended Jan 2012) 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 Bby =
Burnaby b/c = because
BCR = BC Rail bd / bdrm / bd mtg = board,
boardroom, board meeting bedrm = bedroom B&E =
Break and Enter BIA = Business Improvement
Assn BITS = Be In Touch
Soon 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
(obvious variant) btw = by the way CAC = Cmnty Arts Ccl, WVCAC; or Cmnty Amenity
Contribution(s), also known as CBs CAO = Chief
Administrative Officer (formerly known as MMgr) of the
District CB = Cmnty Benefit(s), akin to Cmnty Amenities
(CAC -- Cmnty Amenity Contributions) CBA = Caulfeild
Business Association CBRL = Cypress Bowl Recreations
Ltd (commonly called Cypress Mountain although that's
elsewhere) CCB = Cmnty Centre Board (changed now,
non-profit society, WVCCSS) CCC = Central Cmnty
Centre ccl, cclr = council, councillor (Ccl for
actual Council) cd = could Cdn = Canadian CEC = Community Engagement
Cmte (last mtg May 2010 in term to Dec 31); a mtg 2011 June 7; revived
October 2012 to end of year
{revived Jan 2013} CEEP = Cmnty Energy and
Emissions Plan WG CEO = Chief Executive Officer
(for DWV is the Mayor) CF = Canada Fund (federal
stimulus $) CFP = Cypress Falls
Park CFO - Chief Financial Officer (was/cf Director
of Finance) char = character (with
neighbourhood) Ch/Comm = (WV) Chamber of
Commerce chn = children CID = Caller ID
(identification, on phone) CJPME = Canadians for
Justice and Peace in the Middle East CLUC = Caulfeild
Land Use Contract COL/CoL = Cost of
Living collab = collaborate, collaboration comm = commercial, sometimes Commission cmnty = community cmte =
committee CN/CNR = Canadian National (Railway) CNV = City of North Vancouver colln =
collection congrat = congratulate,
congratulations Coq = Coquitlam corresp = correspondence CoW = Cmte of
the Whole and referred to as =E2=80=98cow=E2=80=99 by CAO (some write
CotW) [none in 2015 so far!] CP = Canadian
Pacific CPI = Consumer Price Index cpl = couple CPT = Christian Peacemaker
Team(s) CRA = in past Cedardale Ratepayer Assn and/or
Caulfeild Ratepayer Assn (but no news for a while)
Also = Canada Revenue Agency CSA = Canadian
Securities Administrators CSAG = Civic Site Adv Grp
(ended some years ago) CSR = Core Services
Review ctr = centre as noun, maybe -er as verb
whereas center is the the American spelling whether noun or
verb) CWDG = Cmnty Website Devt Group (Nov 2012;
formerly WTF, Website Task Force); 2013 now a WG [now
terminated] CWOT = Complete Waste of
Time DBA = Dundarave Business
Association (in commerce, dba is Doing Business As)
dbl = double D/CAO = Deputy CAO
DCC = Devt Cost Charges dep =
deputy dept = department
devp, devpr, devt = develop, developer, development
diff = difficult or different DINKs =
couples with Double Income, No Kids Dir =
Director Dist = District of WV
DFO = Dept of Fisheries & Oceans; now FOC, Fisheries &
Oceans Canada (so DFO still used) DNA =
Dundarave Neighbourhood Association DNV =
District of North Vancouver doc = document
DP / Devt Permit, and DPA = Development Permit
Application DRC = Design Review Cmte (no
longer called a Panel) DTES = Downtown East Side
(rarely DES) Dund = Dundarave (pronounced
Dun-duhr-AHV) du/acre = Planning has this
term: dwelling units per acre {see upa} DVP =
Development Variance Permit DWMP = Drinking Water
Management Plan DWV = District of West
Vancouver EA = Executive Assistant EAC = Engineering Advisory Cmte (now no more but Shoreline
Preservation Society an outcome) EAPPI =
Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel ecic = economic ED = Executive Director EF =
Endowment Fund (sometimes EndFund or EFund), see below EfW = Energy from Waste EHYC = Eagle
Harbour Yacht Club emerg = emergency EndFund = Endowment Fund (or EndmtFund, even EFund if same
sentence, see EF above engg, engr = engineering,
engineer envmt, envtal = environment(al) EOD = End of Day EOI = Expressions of
Interest (used by the Housing Pilot Prog/Proj WG seeking
proposals) esp = especially est =
estimate ev = every EvDr = Evelyn
Drive exec = executive FAAB =
First Appropriate Available Bed [VCH lingo] fam =
family 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 FC(PP) =
Friends of Cypress (Provincial Park) Fdn =
Foundation fed = federal
Fin = Finance FinCmte/FCmte = Finance
Cmte FIA = Financial Information
Act FIPPA = Freedom of Information
and Protection of Privacy Act FME = Facility Management
Expenses FN = First Nation(s)
FOI = Freedom of Information ft =
foot/feet FSTF = Fiscal Sustainability
Task Force, sometimes FTF (but ended) FTE =
Full Time Equivalent (used for staffing information)
FUBAR = F*d Up Beyond All Recognition FWIW =
For What It's Worth fyi = for your
information GARPA = Gleneagles Area Rate
Payers' Association (in limbo?) GCC(AC) =
Gleneagles Cmnty Ctr (Adv Cmte) GFOA = Govt
Finance Officers Assn GHG = Green House Gases GLH = Gertrude Lawson House (WV Museum) govt = government Grosv =
Grosvenor (1300blk devpr) grp = group GTG/G2G = Got to Go/Good To Go GVRD = see
MetroV (new name for Greater Vancouver Regional District) GVSDD = Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage
District H = heritage
ha = hectare (~ 2.5 acres); 10K sq m HAF =
Harmony Arts Festival HAP = Housing Action Plan (Nov
2012) 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 HM = Her/His Majesty; see HRH
(alsoTRH, Their Royal Highnesses, eg for Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge) HOG = Home Owner
Grant HPTFTU, the Human Proclivity To
F*** Things Up (initialism from speaker re LNG, Oct 2014)
HR = Human Resources HRA = Heritage Revitalization
Agreement / Hollyburn Ridge Assn HRH =
His/Her Royal Highness HSBC = Heritage Society of BC
(now Heritage BC) ht = height
hv = have HV = Heritage
Vancouver HVAC = Heating, Ventilation,
and Air Conditioning (or High Voltage Alternating Current)
h/w = hardware (see s/w also) HWk =
Heritage Week (across Canada; always starts third Monday in
February) HWV = Heritage West
Van hwy = highway IA = Information Architecture (used in Website WG notes) --
Internet Architecture? ICAHD = Israeli Committee Against
House Demolition ICARS = Integrated Collision
Analysis and Reconstruction Service (WVPD & Lower
Mainland) ICYMI = In Case You Missed
It IFNU = Integrated First Nations Unit (RCMP and
WVPD, Capilano/Squamish Reserve) IIRC = If I
Recall Correctly IIORC = Investment Industry
Regulatory Organization of Canada IJV - Independent
Jewish Voices IM = Instant Messaging IMO/IMVHO = In My Opinion or In My (Very) (Humble)
Opinion imp = important indiv =
individual infra = infrastructure int'l = international IOW - In Other
Words IP = Internet Protocol IPO = Initial Public Offering IRP =
Immediate Roadside Prohibition ISB = Institute
of Small Brains (from Animal Crackers in coloured funnies) ISM = International Solidarity Movement (often with
CPT) ISMP = Integrated Storm Management
Plan IT = Information Technology ITAC = Interested Taxpayers' Action Cmte (the Marley
Group); I call the ITACkers. [ended Dec 2012; restarting?]
JAC = Jericho Arts Centre jr =
junior jt = joint K = 1000 KIPPERS = Kids in Parents'
Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings km =
kilometres KMC = Kay Meek Centre kph =
kilometres per hour KPI = Key Performance
Indicators LAP = Local Area Plan; LAPP =
Local Area Planning Process LC = Lower Caulfeild (LCAC,
Lower Caulfeild Advisory Cmte) LCHCA =
Lower Caulfeild Heritage Conservation Area LEED =
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (with silver and gold
levels) LGA = Local Government Act
LGBT2SIQQ
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirited, Intersex, Queer,
Questioning)
LGB = Lions' Gate Bridge --
there are two lions who look down on us!!! LGH =
Lions' Gate Hospital LGSWWTP = Lions' Gate Secondary
Wastewater Treatment Plant LGTP = Lions' Gate Treatment
Plant Lib = Library (WV Memorial
Library) LLR = Low Level Road
LM = Lower Mainland LMK = Let Me Know
LMMA = Lower Mainland Municipal Assn LMTAC =
Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee LNG =
Liquid/Liquefied Natural Gas locn = location
LOL = Laughing Out Loud (or Lots of Love)
LPPS = Lighthouse Park Preservation Society
LPRT = Licence Plate Recognition Technology (so they don't need
to chalk your tires!) LRSP = Livable Region Strategic
Plan LSF = Land Stewardship Fund
($950K listed Jan/11, no explanation; then told AmbNOW in
July) L/T = long-term (initialism as
modifier only, eg: long-term budgeting) M =
municipal m = metre, a measurement, as opposed to meter,
as in water/parking meters $M = million
(dollars) M&Ccl = Mayor and Ccl MAC = Museum Adv Cmte (not on DWV Calendar) M A-G = Municipal Auditor-General (recommended by ITAC and
ADRA) 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); for
cmte/WG mtgs (and closed ccl mtgs) mgr, mgmt =
manager, management MIA = Municipal Insurance Assn
(of BC.org); rarely, Missing In
Action min = minimum (max = maximum); sometimes
minutes MMgr = Municipal Manager (now CAO) mntnc = maintenance MoE = Ministry
of the Environment mos = months MoTH = Ministry of Transportation and Highways or
Infrastructure (sometimes shortened to MoT) 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 MVA = Motor Vehicle Accident MVI = Motor Vehicle Incident nat'l =
national nbr/nbrhd =
neighbour/neighbourhood NCR = Not Criminally
Responsible NEB = National Energy
Bd NFBSK = Not For British School
Kids (re content appropriateness) NIMBY =
Not in My Backyard NIMTO = Not in My Term of
Office NNB/nnb = Nothing New Below
(IOW, rest left for reference only) nmp =
not my problem np = no problem
NS or NSh = North Shore NSAAG =
North Shore Arts Advocacy Group NSACDI =
North Shore Advisory Committee on Disability Issues
NSEMO = North Shore Emergency Management Office
NSFC-YJ = North Shore Family Court - Youth Justice
(Cmte) NSHC, NSHF = North Shore
Heritage Committee, now Forum (defunct) NSHPS =
North Shore Heritage Preservation Society NSHS =
North Shore Historical Society NSHWknd =
North Shore Heritage Weekend (usu third weekend in September; in fall)
-- now cancelled NSN = North Shore
News NSWP = North Shore Wetland
Partners NYE = New Year=E2=80=99s
Eve OCP = Official Community Plan OCR = Optical Character Recognition (turning scanned
documents into text) ofc = office OGCS = Old-Growth Conservancy Society OMG = Omigosh/Omigod! opp =
opportunity (may also be opposed or opposition) org =
organization OTOH = On The Other
Hand OTT = Over The Top P3 =
Public Private Partnership pa = per annum
PA = Personal Assistant PDA =
Public Display of Affection PDF = Portable Document Format
(attach to email, like photo of msg or whatever)
PH/PMtg = Public Hearing/Public Meeting
ph = phone pH = acidity/basicity measure
of solutions; acids below 7, alkalis above 7, neutral exactly
7 PHT = Presentation House
Theatre (NV) PITA = Pain in the
*ss pkg = parking (on occasion,
package) PkR / Pk Royal = Park Royal;
PkR-S (South), PkR-N (North) pls = please
PM = Prime Minister PMP(WG) = Parks Master Plan
(WG) PMtg = Public Mtg
POI = Point of Interest pop =
popular popn = population
POTUS = President of the US POV =
Point of View ppl = people
PQP = Public Question Period (comments also allowed)
prelim = preliminary prev = previous
prez = president prob'ly = probably
prog = program/me proj = project
prop = property prov = province
PSAB = Public Sector Accounting Board PSB =
Public Safety Building (June 2011 planning new combined
Police/Fire; now
debated; schematics May 2013; no longer has Fire but has ambulance Nov
2014) March 2015: PS&MH Project:
Public Service and Municipal Hall Project!
PSF = Pacific Salmon Foundation pt =
point or part PWV = Preserve West Van
(defunct) PWYC = Pay What You
Can Q = question; Qs and As = questions and
answers QED = Quod Erat Demonstrandum = thus
demonstrated (in math, and used in debates) QET = Queen
Elizabeth Theatre QUILTBAG
= Q: Queer/Questioning; U: Unidentified; I:&nbs
p;Intersex; L: Lesbian; T: Transgender/Transexual;&nbs
p;
B: Bisexual; A: Asexual; G: Gay,
Genderqueer qtn = quotation qty = quantity RAAC = Regional Administrative
Advisory Cmte RAC = Random Act(s) of
Culture RAK = Random Act(s) of
Kindness RCAF = Royal Canadian Air Force
(name restored August 2011) RCL = Royal Canadian Legion,
Branch 60 (WV); prev'ly BESL (British Empire Service League)
RCN = Royal Canadian Navy (name restored August 2011)
RCM SAR - Station 1 = Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue
(WV) RCS = Regional Context
Statement (see RGS also) rec=E2=80=99d =
received recomms = recommendations regs =
regulations relnship =
relationship rept = report (when typed in a
rush) reqmt/s =
requirement/s resid = residential /
resident(s) resoln = resolution
resp = responsible, responsibility rev =
revenue revit =
revitalization RFI = Request for
Information RFMP = Recreation Facilities
Master Plan (from the 1990s? now finished) RFP =
Request for Proposal RGS = Regional Growth Strategy
(from MetroV) relns =
relations rlwy = railway
Rmd = Richmond ROI = Return on
Investment ROTFL(WTIME) = Rolling On The
Floor Laughing / With Tears in My Eyes ROW =
Right of Way RSN = Reader Supported News (in
US) RTbtS = RoyalTea-by-the-Sea (an
annual summer HWV event) S2S = Sea-to-Sky
(highway) SAC = Seniors' Activity Centre (correct name,
but usually referred to as Srs' Ctr) sch dist / SD / SD45 = School District (WV is No. 45); Sch
Bd SCOTUS = Supreme Court of the US sec = with sec stes (secondary suites); seconds as in
minutes secy = secretary SF =
Planning's term for Single Family; or SF = Science Fiction in
literature SFMP = Sport Fields Master Plan sf, sq ftg = square feet, square footage sgl-fam = single-family SGP = Smart
Growth Policy shd = should signif = significant sim =
similar SME = Subject Matter Expert (or Small and
Medium Enterprise) SNAFU = Situation Normal, All
'Fouled' Up SOE = Special Operations
Executive soln = solution (hope we find a
lot!) SOS = Statement of Significance, used in
descriptions of heritage assets >SOS = Save
Our Sound (Howe) sp = special sp? = spelling? (uncertain of) Sq =
Squamish sr = senior srs' ctr = see
SAC srvc = service S/T = short-term
(abbreviation for modifier only, as in: short-term funding) stes = suites; sec stes = secondary suites; 2ndary/2ry =
secondary stmt = statement stn =
station sust = sustainable s/w =
software (see also h/w) SWOT =
Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats, analysis re websites, etc
(CWDG, Website WG) SWMP = Solid Waste Management
Plan/s (in BC); also Storm Water Management Plan
TAFN = That's all for now
TBA/TBC/TBD = To be Announced/Confirmed/Determined
TCT = Trans Canada Trail TD&H
= Tall, Dark, and Handsome techn = technical
TfT = Trees for Tomorrow TFW =
Temporary Foreign Worker TLC = The Land Conservancy
(otherwise Tender Loving Care) T&M =
Time and Materials (term used in consulting, rather than fixed
price) TMI = Too Much
Information TofC = Table of
Contents TofR / TofRef = Terms of
Reference TPTB = The Powers That
Be transp =
transportation treas = treasurer
TSP = Transportation Strategic Plan 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 UCB = Urban Containment Boundary
(wrt RGS) UEL = United Empire Loyalists (determining
role/event in Canada's history; came to Canada opposing the US
Revolution; Pierre Trudeau's mother
was a UEL, his middle name Elliott), also at UBC can be University
Endowment Lands UFV = University of the Fraser
Valley UL = Upper Lands (above 1200ft), sometimes
Upper Levels, as in Highway ULSRWG = Upper Lands Study
Review WG, sometimes shortened to ULWG unf =
unfortunate(ly) (when I'm in a hurry) upa = units per
acre (also du/acre, d for dwelling) v =
very V4S = Value For Services (was a
WG) VAG = Vancouver Art
Gallery VANOC = Vancouver Olympic
Committee VCH = Vancouver Coastal
Health VHF = Vancouver Heritage
Foundation VO = Vancouver Opera, formerly
VOA (Assn); VOS = Vancouver Opera Society VoIP =
Voice over the Internet Protocol (telephony term)
VP = vice president VPL = Vancouver Public
Library VRS = Vancouver Resources
Society / Vancouver Recital Society VSB =
Vancouver School Bd 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, sometimes work WOM = Word of Mouth WOT = Waste of
Time WRA = Western Residents' Association wrt = with regard/reference to (note, no S on
'regard', something ppl have started to add) 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 {to avoid What the F***} [see
CWDG, formerly Website Task Force] WTH = What the
Heck (variant/euphemism for WTF) WTHIT = What the
Heck is This? WVCAC = see CAC as in Arts
Ccl WVCC = WV Cmnty Ctr; cf WVChC/WVChamber for WV
Chamber of Commerce WVCCSS = WV Cmnty Centres
Services Society WVCGG = WV Citizens for Good
Government (called WeeGees by NSN Trevor Lautens) WVFD = WV Fire Department WVFSM&AS =
West Vancouver Fire Services Museum & Archives Society WVHS = WV Historical Society WVM = West
Van Matters also West Van Museum but usu
GLH WVMEA = WV Municipal Employees Assn WVML = WV Memorial Library WVPD = WV Police
Department WVSB/D = West Van School Board/District, Sch
Dist #45 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 WWTP = Waste Water Treatment Plant WWY(T)S = What Were You (They) Smoking? WYSIWYG = What You See is What You Get (pronounced
WiZZeewig) YAC = Youth Adv Cmte (for some
reason not on DWV website/Calendar) YA(V)W =
you are (very) welcome Y/E = Year-End
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary (meaning your experience may
differ) YOLO = You Only Live Once (YOL9
for cats) YT = Yours Truly, meaning me
(CR) yw / yavw = you're welcome; you
are very welcome (see above) ZWC = Zero-Waste
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