Poorly.
Our house is run on a combination of serendipity and the age old adage that, if you save everything until the last minute, it only takes a minute.
Actually, we are very fortunate that Jordan's schedule gives him Friday off, as it means that we no longer have to struggle with finding a time to do Shabbat shopping. Because Jordan's Photoshop Kung-fu is better than ours, he has also been taking over responsibilities for creating facebook events.
By default, I've been the one who handles pictures and blogging, and Ross usually does the cooking, and get's on peoples' cases to RSVP.
Actually one of the biggest issues we have is that we rarely know exactly who is and isn't planning on showing up. Facebook is a saturated medium, and most people just ignore event invitations. Back when we had more time, we would actually call or email people to confirm attendance, but that is really time-intensive.
We have a routine in place that reduces the need for planning. We have a pretty good idea about how much food to buy, when to get it, what time to start cooking etc. for Shabbat dinners. When other opportunities come up, it is usually not hard to make things work.
Which, as much as it sounds sort of lackadaisical, it really the strength of Moishe House. Things don't need to be organized like a Hillel event in which you have to write up a plan, get approved for funding, have the minutes charted out, write a wrap-up and report on the success.
People come to meet other people. The programming is the excuse to get together.
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