Most of you probably are aware by now that Ian Fowell was selected by the award committee to receive the first OGAE R O W award for most special member (outside of South Africa).
There were originally over 20 nominations, narrowed down to 5 and then a committee voted and Ian was selected above Michaela Sowden of Australia, Tamas Vamas of Hungary, Gerry Avelino of the USA and Calvin Phillips of the USA.
Ian is very active on our website and you see several posts of him per week.
We hope his health will improve so much that he can join us in Stockholm in May 2016 where the award will be handed to him probably at our R O W lunch.
Congratulations Ian and also well done to the other 4 who narrowly missed out – maybe 2016 is your turn?
Thank you so much for this award. It is a lovely surprise and means a lot to me. 2015 has been a tough year for me. But hopefully 2016 will be good and I hope to see many of you in Stockholm. Best Wishes to you all.