Curling Canada is hoping an ongoing high-performance review will help put the federation on track for success after a disappointing showing on the international stage last season.
Canada's lone curling medal at the Beijing Olympics was a men's bronze and the gold shutout continued at the world championships.
One of the top priorities on the organization's to-do list for the new quadrennial is hiring a high-performance director to succeed Gerry Peckham, who is serving as a consultant ahead of retirement.
Chief executive officer Kathy Henderson said Curling Canada received an "enthusiastic and highly skilled response" from the curling market and high-performance community for the position.
"We have a panel of internal experts and someone from Own the Podium is working with us and we are hoping to have someone announced hopefully in January," Henderson said.
Peckham, who has spent over three decades with the organization, guided a program that excelled for many years on the international stage but often underperformed at major events over the last two quads.
"We want the same excellence and we want the same medals," Henderson said. "But we have to work harder for them and it's going to be incremental."
Preliminary findings from the high-performance review did yield one notable early-season announcement. The 18-team, two-pool format will become permanent at the Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Additional announcements are expected once the review is complete.
"This is a funny year because there's a lot of recovery involved in it and there's a lot of reflection," Henderson told The Canadian Press from Toronto. "So we're recovering and we're reflecting right now.
"But I would say probably starting in April you'll see some shifts and some changes that we're going to stick to for the quad."