Does the network still exist in all aspects and systems of EM? February 2022

 Does the network still exist in all aspects and systems of EM?

Top-Down (Fed level), and Bottom-up (township, city).

Change is slow,.

old-boy net·work
/ōld boi ˈnetˌwərk/
noun

an informal system of support and friendship through which men use their positions of influence to help others who went to the same school or college as they did or who share a similar social background.
"many managers were chosen by the old boy network"

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