I'm an LAA member. I'm female. I've held some sort of licence since 1981. Nobody outside my club has ever given me an award. I did once get a small grant from the BWPA.
I've paid for my flying apart from when I was an instructor. I paid for my CPL, I paid for my instructor ratings, I paid for my touring, in a slow and basic aircraft, I paid for the maintenance that I didn't or couldn't do myself. If in order to get an award I have to act like this pretentious stuck up liar, then I don't ever want one. Actually I don't want one anyway, because I fly for fun.
Guess how I voted?