Allied Press director and business manager Nick Smith and Harcourt Highlands Group manager and auctioneer John Petre join Iain Gallaway, John Henderson, Russell Hendry, Ted Tempero, George Morris, Stewart McKnight, Warren Lees and Glenn Turner in an exclusive fraternity.
OCA chief executive Ross Dykes said it was recognition of the wonderful service both men had given to the game and Otago cricket.
''It is certainly not an honour awarded lightly,'' Dykes said.
''It is pretty significant.''
Smith (68) was an OCA board member from 2005 to 2013 and president from 2002 to 2005.
He has also represented Allied Press ''as a constant sponsor of Otago cricket for longer than I can remember but certainly from the early 1990s to the present day'', Dykes said.
Smith made a big contribution at board level and also played a key role in the initial development of the University Oval when the OCA shifted from its base at Carisbrook 10 years ago.
''He was instrumental in liaising with the council and the university on the ground's development.''
Smith has a useful cricketing background. He played two first-class games - one for Otago and one for Auckland - from 1970 to 1972.
He also played two list A games for Auckland.
''Most of the other life members have been either extremely good cricketers or lifelong administrators and I'm probably neither,'' Smith told the Otago Daily Times when contacted for comment earlier in the week.
''But I may have helped them in other ways which has been appreciated.''
He does not have a lot of time for the limited-over formats, with one important caveat.
''Having three World Cup games at the University Oval is very good. Hopefully, they will be well attended, too.''
Petre has been involved in district cricket in Southland and Otago Country for more than 20 yearsHe was president of the OCA from 2010 to 2013 and was a board member for 10-plus years before that.
He was chairman of the committee which hosted the world golden oldies tournament in Otago in 2008, and he has been a long standing sponsor through Harcourts Highland Group.
''He is just a cricket fanatic who was involved with grass-roots cricket for most of his life and then become involved with Otago cricket,'' Dykes said.
That was how Petre (65) described himself, too.
''Otago cricket has been a special part of my life over the last 15 years, I guess,'' Petre said.
''Prior to that I was heavily involved with Southland. so to be recognised in this way is a huge honour. I guess I'm a bit of a cricketing tragic and this gives me even more incentive to continue my involvement in the game in some shape or form, even if it is just as a supporter moving forward.''
There were no changes to the OCA board.
