finish line, and we need your help to do it. but as arlene spoke earlier during a luncheon, our fates are tied together, particularly on ballot measures. we ve just heard, just two sets about measures. we re not even talking about anti affirmative action. if you do an overlay of the country, you will see very clearly how our fates are interbetweened. so we must show up for each other. it s why the task force in 2011, we sent our organizers not just to alaska, where in just a few short days we re facing a ballot measure on nondiscrimination, but we also sent our staff to mississippi to work on the personhood measure. we sent our staff to maine, to secure the vote for people in maine. and we sent our staff to build a base of anti death penalty voters for a future fight in california. all of those issues affect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. they are ouri issues. so i invite each of you in 2012, pick something that doesn t necessarily have to do with your life, w