Me, Melinda and Shayla are going to become great friends, if we're
the only folks that ever post here!! LOL,...i know, ya'll are
already great friends...

I'm putting my $.02 in, even though I've NEVER paid to be in a
qualifier....

I personally don't think the tour should ever have to cough up that
money. Since it doesn't affect me much, I can't say which solution
i'd prefer, but I'm ALL FOR more stops (you know, cuz i play so
many).


Hope everyone had a great holiday. Congratulations Shayla! Good
work! I'm just waiting for the right rich man to come along, so
that I can start playing all the events!

--- In hunterclassicstour@yahoogroups.com, Shayla <shlay@p...> wrote:
>
> Wow! What a huge decision to make.
>
> First, I'd like to make a quick suggestion. It might be a good
idea to
> send out an email to the hunter tour email list that Monica sends
out
> emails to asking them to join the Yahoo group. This way they can
give
> their opinion on the WPBA qualifiers.
>
> I like the idea of having more stops, even if some of them aren't
> qualifiers, but then again, I'm never usually in the running for a
> qualifier. :)
>
> I also like the idea of splitting up the qualifier cost amongst
players.
> However, since I'm not usually in the running for the qualifier,
there
> wouldn't be any incentive for me to pay more than the $50 if there
were
> less than 10 people. I'd only want to join if I could pay less
than $50.
> However, now that I'm graduating next weekend (shameless plug!),
I'll
> actually have time to play some pool and practice and will
definitely be
> interested in paying for the qualifiers. But, you have to keep in
mind
> there are tons of players in my current position. No real
incentive for
> them to pay more than $50 for the qualifier if there are less than
10
> players paying.
>
> I hope that made sense.. because I think I confused myself after
reading
> it again! HA! Melinda, you can always call me and I can explain
it to
> you over the phone if you'd like.
>
> Happy Holidays to everyone!!!
>
> ..Shayla..
>
> >
> > Hello Ladies!
> >
> > Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Christmas is coming up
> > soon...time sure does fly, huh?
> >
> > We need your opinion! We have always been pleased to be the only
> > Regional Tour to have each of our stops be qualifiers, but in the
> > past several years we have not recouped the amount we are paying
for
> > the qualifiers from the $50 fee we have charged. The qualifier
> > amount is $500, with an additional $100 for the room to be a WPBA
> > member. Therefore, we need 12 players at each stop to break
even on
> > the qualifier. When we don't get 12 players, the Hunter Tour
puts
> > up the rest of the money. We would like to add one or two
> > additional stops but cannot as long as we are losing money on
nearly
> > every stop.
> >
> > We see two possible solutions to this problem and would like your
> > opinion before we make our decision:
> >
> > One: Do not have each stop be a qualifier - if there are fewer
> > qualifiers, then perhaps there will be more demand when we do
have
> > one.
> >
> > Two: Divide the $500 for the actual qualifier by the number of
> > players who are interested in participating - if there are 15
> > players participating it would be $33 each, if there are 10
players
> > participating it would be $50 each, if there are 5 players
> > participating it would be $100 each.
> >
> > We need your opinion by *December 19th* so we can start
advertising
> > for our first stop at Fast Eddies in Austin on February 12-13.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help and opinions!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > The Hunter Tour Board Members
> >