Barry, That's what attorneys are for. You may want to ask yours to give you a tutelage on contracts, written, implied, Etc. Most of the early adds when we were hawking life memberships advertised the magazine. I will not debate this with you, I will do exactly what I said I will do to insure our membership and particularly our life members get what we paid for. As far as the little one page thing you thought was so clever, there are many legal options you must consider, like full refunds for life members who want them. The legal system usually gets it right.