ISA Has Forgotten Its Original Mission
By I – Dave Harrold, 40+ year senior member of ISA – would argue that a key to returning ISA to a viable organization is to embrace its original mission; that is to establish an organization that helps Instrument Technicians become ever better at their job. (FYI: It’s no fluke that the longtime name of ISA’s publication is “InTech”).
Until the late 70’s early 80’s ISA …did an excellent job of addressing membership needs, but then ISA’s leadership was hi-jacked by self-proclaimed “instrument engineers” and ISA’s wheels began to fall off. What remains is a rudderless organization that relies on “fuzzy logic” to chart its course. Those who argue that ISA needs to be a professional society for “automation and control engineers” are missing the real need; ISA needs to return to its roots and embrace the Instrument Technician who continues to search for straight answers to everyday questions.
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