Can't believe this religion has changed so much ,so I agree with MAGNUM . The last convention in Melbourne I went to was in 1988 and this gross reach out to commercialism would not have happened in the past ,it was all focus on spiritual "things " back then.
In fact I think this all reminds me of the whoring the WTS did when it became an NGO of the United Nations. It was for worldly advatage sucking up the UN and now they are are sucking up again to the commercial elements of Melbourne to gain financial advantage!