Well, virtually turn-key – if I plan far enough ahead I could do these things in my sleep :)

I’ve sent out the Constant Contact newsletter invites, posted it on Facebook (an experiment which is coming to an end, but more about that in another post), and will have the paper invites in the mail by the end of the week.  I have the location and speaker down.  I decided yesterday that I’m going to have a silent auction, and will contact local business owners about donating goods or services.  I’m not going to have a book sale (as I did at the June 2008 fundraiser) because it’s just too complicated.

Here are a couple videos of the speaker, Imam Wazir Ali, from YouTube:

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