N2EY wrote:

5) Regulatory agencies are usually headed by political appointees.
That's the nature of the game since Andrew Jackson described the
"spoils system." The FAA isn't run by all pilots; the FRA isn't run by
all train drivers, etc. (In fact, if the FCC were run by hams, some
might claim they had a conflict of interest).

Actually it is amazing the number of agencies that ARE run by hams.. Or
perhaps not so amazing when you consider a few things about Hams.

But the fact is many CEO's in many companies are hams.. Because the kind
of dedication it takes to study, not all that long ago code, plus the
law, and technical questions, these days even rocket science. The kind
of dedication it takes to pass that EXTRA CLASS license test.

Is the very kind of dedication that they look for when they hire a new
CEO or appoint a new department head.

And hams have that kind of dedication. Otherwise they'd be CBers or
SWL's or... Mundanes (A term we use in another of my hobbies)

Now.. I can tell you one origination you may wish to look at, IN fact
I'll describe two The American Diabetes Assn, and the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation.

ADA is run mostly by Doctors, Nurses and other medical professionals..
They spend the majority of their funds on diabetes education teaching
diabetics (Such as myself) how to better manage our condition. This is
good work.

But when Diabetes is ever cured.. They will be out of work


JDRF is run by either Type 1 Diabetics or by parents of Type 1
Diabetics.. Now, when diabetes is ever cured they too are going to be
out of work.

But where the ADA folks will be "Woe is me, I'm out of work" the JDRF
folks won't have time for Woe cause they are going to be planing and
putting on the party to end all parties.. Cause the Dragon Mellitus (DM,
get it) has been well and truly slain!


The moral.. Some outfits are indeed run by the right people,, People who
have a very strong interest in seeing the company meet it's goals.