WPBA-WTF does anyone know?

Anne,

Glad you came on to state all that you did for the tour, players and fans. I knew you did WAY more than I could ever explain and knew you were doing numerous, numerous tasks behind the scenes, that I couldn't give you justice by mentioning what I only thought you worked on.

You will be missed.

Melinda

FrogKissin said:
How about Anne fires away directly :)

Yes I resigned last month.

I started working for the WPBA in January of 2008. 2 years ago for those that don't have a calculator handy ;)

One of the things I was NOT responsible for, signing up venues and sponsors, that task went directly to the Board of Directors - I was an office & event administrator.

The things I took care of were (taken directly from my resume):

Office and Event Administrator
• Supervised Professional Tournament Logistics and Administration:
 Event Public Relations; pre, during & post tournament
 Coordinating between Host Site, WPBA Site Logistics, Equipment Installers and WPBA Staff
 Professional Player Liaison between Host Site, Sponsors & Media
 Tracking Prize fund payouts and Player Rankings updates
• Merchandise Purchasing & Tracking
• Public Relations – General
• Bookkeeping
• WPBA Regional Tour Liaison
• Official WPBA Photographer
 Created Limited Edition Action Shot prints, including layout in Adobe Photoshop
 Created 2009 WPBA 8”x10” Exempt Professional Headshots for sale, including layout and insertion of all logo’s in Adobe Photoshop
 Two Action shots featured on the cover of Pool & Billiards Magazine (October 2009 and January 2010 editions)
 Action photos of players used for all WPBA tournament articles published in newspapers, magazines and online
• Sponsor relations
• Responsible for www.wpba.com content updates
• Official WPBA Tour Writer including all daily tournament updates, final Tournament in Review stories and the WPBA Insider – quarterly newsletter
• Clerical and database maintenance for all player and fan memberships
• Customer service for all players, fans, sponsors and media


(Note: website content updates meant that, I'm not a web designer but I did my best to make sure what you read was up to date)

Anyway, I took my work seriously and did the best I could. Thank goodness for Linda Pault, TSi Events, Melissa Herndon, Kristi Carter, Belinda Calhoun, Melanie Wignall, Steve Tipton and Mark Wilson - without whom the WPBA would have come to a grinding halt.

For those going to the RTC, I'll be there that Saturday, the 20th of February with my new Nikon D90 that my wonderful guy is buying for me. Come say hi!

I wish the WPBA all the best for 2010
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FrogKissin said:
Hi Johnny :)

The field for the RTC was actually filled around the 11th of January - (note that there is always a waiting list for any opening's that come up and when I'd handed everything over, there were at least 12 players on that list)
Here's the breakdown for you:

50 players from Regional Tours
14 players from the WPBA Rankings 49th - 64th

There it is :)
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That is great...but. Are they all paid? Even the entry fee being paid doesn't mean they will show up with just two (2) tournaments up for grabs. Johnnyt

PS: Even though I've never met you in person enough players I know and fans have said you are a hard working very nice person. You will be missed I'm sure.
 
Johnnyt said:
That is great...but. Are they all paid? Even the entry fee being paid doesn't mean they will show up with just two (2) tournaments up for grabs. Johnnyt

PS: Even though I've never met you in person enough players I know and fans have said you are a hard working very nice person. You will be missed I'm sure.
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Hi again :)

By the end of last month I believe that most had paid their entry fee's already. Melissa H. is doing a great job of running everything leading up to the RTC and she'll do a fantastic job at the RTC of running the event itself. Go Melly! :)

PS: Thank you for the kind words, Johnny. Thanks to Melinda/Trigger as well for all the nice things she said! :grin-square:
 
FrogKissin said:
Hi Johnny :)

The field for the RTC was actually filled around the 11th of January - (note that there is always a waiting list for any opening's that come up and when I'd handed everything over, there were at least 12 players on that list)
Here's the breakdown for you:

50 players from Regional Tours
14 players from the WPBA Rankings 49th - 64th

There it is :)
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Stolen from Markpatrick's post: Thanks.:smile:

Here is the player list

There are actually 64. Here is a list of them in alpha order.

Abernathy, Michelle
Aft, Dana
Andoni, Borana
Benson, Kim
Biggs, Carissa
Bourbeau, Stacie
Caulkin, Helene
Chang, Shu-han
Chen, Amy
Cole, Liz
Comitini, Julie
Cortez, Michelle
Cowan, Katie
Davids, Lisa
Duddy, Emily
Erdahl, Ashea
Flores, Rhio
Gaughran, Helen
Henderson-Major, Lisa
Hess, Tina
Jones, Kim
Kroll, Suwanna
Lampert, Amanda
Larsen, Tina
Lee, Barbara
Lovely, Liz
Marr, Lisa
McArthur-Beahn, Sabra
McManus, Erin
Mello, Susan
Menard, Veronique
Metzinger, Cathy
Miller, Briana
Miller, Sara
Mitchell, Stephanie
Morton, Linda
Nandrasy, Ashley
Neris, Shayla
Novack, Stacey
O'Hanlon, Sharon
Park-Thompson, Ji-Hyun
Paski, Vicki
Patton, Samantha
Pierce, Kim
Plowman, Bonnie
Pouncey, Sherry
Pritchard, Cheryl
Pulford, Heather
Rakin, Mary
Ritcey, Janet
Rossignol, Lara
Seto, Maureen
Small, Mikki
Smith, Suzanne
Stephenson, Julile
Stinson, Darlene
Stockstill, Eve
Strickland, Orietta
Testa, Erica
Todd, Becky
Torpin, Heather
Tycks, Janet
Williams, Naomi
Williams, Susan
 
I know John Rousseau personally and the WPBA is in great hands IMO with him. He is a successful business guy and really cares about the tour and players. The economy is something beyond all of our control and will test many businesses this year as last year did, I hope 2010 is brighter for all. Congrats John and good luck with it! :wink:
 
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