At the AGM, The Committee were charged with looking into whether to award Honorary memberships or not.
We spoke to members of the original sub committee who looked at this issue for the GAOS 40th birthday and did a lot of research on how other organisations decide on this award.
We have decided it is a very emotive subject and even with extremely tight criteria, someone would feel that someone had missed out - a "lose, lose" situation.
What we have decided to do instead is have an award annual "Outstanding Achievement" trophy, which is awarded by the committee at The AGM, to someone who, they feel, unanimously, has stood out in their contribution to the Society that year.
Serving Committee Members would not be eligible and if no one stood out in a particular year, then the award would not be given.
As a Committee, we think this would be seen as a more positive award, available to all and a token of our appreciation. The trophy would be engraved annually and kept at HQ for all to see. We hope as a membership, you can see the positives and support this decision. Thank you.
