I think that the players should split the cost of the qualifier. I
wouldn't mind paying up to $100 for a chance at a spot in the pro
event. I would really enjoy having more stops also (especially if we
can get some close to Dallas!). I also think by having more stops it
would promote the tour more and help generate more interest in
women's pool.

Tara

--- In hunterclassicstour@yahoogroups.com, "Melinda" <recplay@y...>
wrote:
>
> 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