CEO Capital Football, Heather Reid, confirmed yesterday (Monday 6 December 2010) to the NPL that Ron Smith had submitted his review report.
The CEO advised the NPL that the review report would be presented to the Board meeting that evening and there would follow a period of consideration and discussion of the report at Board level. Its not clear yet when the report (in full) will be made available to the ACT Football community.
In addition, the CEO made the point that the Board's decisions with regard to the recommendations contained in the report and any other adjustments to player development programs (as distinct from ACT Representative Squads / Teams), are likely to coincide with the appointment of the new Capital Football Technical Director.
On the subject of the Techncial Director's position, the CEO indicated that they had recieved a number of very good applications for the position and that the selection process, which is a collaborative effort between the FFA (Han Berger) and Capital Football (CEO), now depended on the avialability of the FFA Techncial Director. The hope is that an offer will be made and the person in place before the commencement of the next phase of what we presently call the HPP.
Oh yes, expect the name of the program to change perhaps to simply "Development Program".
This matter is discussed with Heather Reid on Part 2 of our recent interview with the CEO Capital Football.