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Can't wait to unpack my ACE Award...

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Last Friday I received an email from the Oracle ACE Program Office that I am accepted for the Oracle ACE Award! At this moment I am not on the ACE Directory and also my OTN Forum Profile doesn't show the Ace of Spades yet, but that should be fixed in a few days or so (I am more than thrilled to swap my two 'Guru medals' for one spade thing). The award itself seems a little dangerous because I had to sign a document to release Oracle from all liability for any injuries caused by that award. Seems like a rather sharp thing...
According to the ACE Directory I am the 215th worldwide, 13th in The Netherlands, and, after Andrew and Piet, the third within Logica.
A special thanks to David and John who nominated me. I guess I owe them a few drinks during the upcoming ODTUG event...

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Patrick Wolf said…
Congratulations!

Patrick
3:55 pm
Byte64 said…
Great achievement Roel!

Congrats
Flavio
4:14 pm
Unknown said…
Congratulations - Well Deserved

Your contribution to the APEX community is very much appreciated.

David
4:51 pm
Monty Latiolais said…
Roel,

Awesome news! Great to see your efforts recognized in this fashion.

Monty
5:07 pm
Louis-Guillaume said…
Congrats!
This is good news.

Louis-Guillaume
5:29 pm
Martin D'Souza said…
Congrats!

Martin
7:01 pm
Marco Gralike said…
Don't forget to check in the OOW "Dutch ACE House"

Forms geek ;-)

Sorry, Congrats of course !!!
7:50 pm
Unknown said…
Congratulations !

Francis.
10:52 pm
Gerben said…
Congratulations!

Well done!

Gerben
11:31 pm
Johannes de Jong said…
Congratulations. Lucky 13 ? :-)
5:27 am
Joel R. Kallman said…
Congratulations, Roel! As David said - it is very well deserved. I am personally grateful for all of your contributions to the Oracle APEX community.

Joel
4:43 pm
Anonymous said…
Congratulations.

Groet,

Yuri
2:51 pm
Roel said…
Thanks gents for all your nice comments!
Roel
4:04 pm
Paulo Vale said…
Roel,

Congratulations on your award. The APEX community appreciates your efforts and the prize is well awarded.

When I grow up, I want to be like you :D
11:43 am
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