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    <p>Last year the LCA2016 Geelong crew, of which I was totes proud to
      be a part of, all got kick-ass Crumpler gear (thanks, David Bell!)</p>
    <p>The LCA2012 Ballarat crew (also super totes proud) got telescopes
      - the theme was 'LCA under the stars'. <br>
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    <p>Beats a gender-specific bunch of flowers any day!</p>
    <p>Agree with Hannah, this sentence should be iterated upon :-) <br>
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    <p>Best, K. <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/01/17 15:45, Hannah Thompson
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      <div style="white-space:pre-wrap">Handy to have a newbie guide, thanks for sharing :) although one comment I'd make would be to edit this sentence, from the Conference Wrap-Up section, because it's a bit off-putting, at least for me. (Even if the thankyou gifts are gendered it probably doesn't need to be spelt out?)

"The organisers will be thanked, a bunch of flowers will be given to the females and alcohol to the males. The head organiser usually gets a gift from the speakers."</div>
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        <div dir="ltr">On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 at 3:03 pm, Simon Lyall <<a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:simon@darkmere.gen.nz"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:simon@darkmere.gen.nz">simon@darkmere.gen.nz</a></a>>
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          If you are new to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://Linux.conf.au" rel="noreferrer"
            class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Linux.conf.au</a> then you
          might want to take a quick look<br class="gmail_msg">
          at the unofficial "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://Linux.conf.au" rel="noreferrer"
            class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Linux.conf.au</a> First
          Timers Guide". It has some<br class="gmail_msg">
          information about <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://Linux.conf.au" rel="noreferrer"
            class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Linux.conf.au</a> that you
          might not have picked up elsewhere:<br class="gmail_msg">
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          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/2007/0129.html"
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          Thanks to Paul Del for encouraging me to get this uptodate.
          I'll probably<br class="gmail_msg">
          do a rewrite of the guide/site in 2017 [1], please let me know
          if you<br class="gmail_msg">
          have any thoughts about changes to the document [2].<br
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          [1] Although it was on my 2016 list too<br class="gmail_msg">
          [2] One plan is maintining it on github to ease updates.<br
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          Simon Lyall  |  Very Busy  |  Web: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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            class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.simonlyall.com/</a><br
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          "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar<br
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