the Bermuda Football Association at next Monday's AGM will likely have as first reward a trip to picturesque Switzerland.

Known worldwide as a premier banking centre, not to mention great chocolate, elegant time-pieces and the breathtaking Swiss Alps, August 4 and 5 will see it known as the venue for the FIFA Congress. The capital of Zurich, which serves as the base for soccer's world governing body, is expected to attract representatives from the more than 200 member countries.

And it has been normal practice for the local body to send both its president and general secretary to what stands as perhaps the most important event on the administrative calendar.

"There should be some representation from the Association,'' said BFA general secreatary David Sabir. "I suspect that will be made known after the AGM, that's when the decision will be finalised.'' Headlining the congress will be a vote on proposals to change the structure of the body's Executive Committee. Four Caribbean federations -- members of the CONCACAF Zone -- jointly have proposed to the FIFA Congress that it should abolish the post of one of the six vice presidents.

The federations want to change the situation in which one post historically has been held by one of the four British associations.

Under the Caribbean plan, Europe would still have the same number of members on the executive committee because an extra member would be appointed and that berth would be allocated to the European governing body, UEFA.

Asked whether the BFA were in support of such a proposal Sabir was non-committal.

"We have not seen those proposals yet, but we should be receiving the documentation in due course,'' he said. "(Hence) there is no opinion at present as we haven't discussed it.'' Meanwhile, the Oceania Football Confederation has proposed that its one berth on the committee should be promoted to that of a vice president. The Oceania post is vacant following last week's resignation of Charles Dempsey from both FIFA and the OFC. It was Dempsey's abstention in the vote for the host of the 2006 World Cup earlier this month which handed the event to Germany rather than South Africa.

The congress also will vote on an application by the Bhutan Football Federation to become FIFA's 204th member, FIFA said.

The congress, which includes all the national associations, will hear reports on a series of FIFA initiatives, including the harmonization of the international calendar.

The Executive Committee, which meets on August 3, is expected to consider a series of proposals to change the way World Cup hosts are selected, including the possibility of rotating the event between continents.