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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 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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