The Op Gong issue will not matter in about 5 years when there will be noone without one from somewhere or other.
Our lady (and I have no doubt she is talented and able - you don't get there without being so) will be amongst the last without one as there will be today's generation queueing in the wings...and it is a talented queue.
I have 5 Op Gongs - but there was no way I was talented enough to be an AVM.
Well done AVM!
G