I don't know the thought process that went on regarding turning down the free offer for printing the newsletter, but let me relate a similar story in our club for modern times. Several years ago, our club recieved an offer from a member to host a free website. At the time, it seemed like a very good deal. That is until the member developed a disagreement with the club leadership. There were subsequent arguments over who owned the content, problems with getting updates to the website. We eventually canned that website and started paying for service. Now there is no question over who owns the content, who is responsible for updates, etc. Recently a new club member that does web design offered the club another chance at free webspace. I reflected on the last experience, and thanked him for the generous offer, but given the importance of it to the club, we decided it was probably better to keep it where it is. The individual did volunteer to become the web-master for us.

Bottom line, sometimes "free" has more strings attached than you know.

Brad