Draddy Leadership skills go to camp

From a comment post to TruScouting Blog on 7/6/11:

Ethan Draddy is not doing his job. just came from Camp Saffran and they have no water. Scouts and Scouters are not able to take showers or swim in the pool. This pool has been leaking for 2 years now, what is being done to fix the problem? NOTHING! We have scouters from other councils at camp, what kind of impression as a council are we making. A really bad one! I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't come back. The young adults running camp are doing their best, but constantly are fighting uphill to get the resources they need to run program! Where has all the money gone that has been raised. It certainly has not gone to doing repairs and upkeep to Camp Saffran!


We here at TruScouting have been hearing a number of unsatisfactory comments concerning Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation. A large number of youth staff members have been fired, the Camping Director (Reservation Manager) resigned in late June and the morale of campers and staff is reported as low.

As the attendance of in-council units and youth have been on a long decline for years BAC has stepped up efforts to bring out-of-council units to Broad Creek. These efforts have stabilized the attendance numbers. However, as Ethan Draddy has shown with his other efforts, there are no hard numbers available to measure his statements on social media that attendance has shown a marked increase.

There is money available from the Forest Legacy program funds secured by BAC in 2009. These funds have been used to repay close to 2 million dollars of existing debt that BAC had before Ethan Draddy. As any close examination of Ethan’s performance would show, he has only one clear accomplishment as Scout executive, using the seven years of work from volunteers and past professional Scouters to raise funds for camp he has instead used this money to repay debt and thus build his record on financial stewardship and management.

He has deferred maintenance, program supplies and meaningful improvements to Broad Creek until the camping endowment can be replenished from his internal borrowing. This also allows him a safety net to cover his over spending on FOS events, Ethan Annual Big Shows, increased management staff, $65,000 pay increase (and bonus) for himself (just for 2009) and a new auto lease for his driving pleasure.

The only good news we have to report is that Ethan will be looking to leave Baltimore by this time next year. Hold on, he is almost out of here!

Professional employees over 40 at BAC, 2009

A Scout is Kind.
A Scout knows there is strength in being gentle. He treats others as he wants to be treated. Without good reason, he does not harm or kill any living thing.





From January 2009

How many of these professional employees are still working for Ethan Draddy?

Of those still working for Ethan, how many have been demoted?







1. Excerpted from page 47-54, Boy Scout Handbook, 11th Edition,
(#33105), copyright 1998 by BSA, ISBN 0-8395-3105-2

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How to read the IRS 990 and understand Ethan's bonus plan

From the National Council, BSA website:

There are three primary elements included in an executive’s compensation, as reported on the BSA’s 990s, including annual compensation, deferred compensation and the retirement plan.

Deferred compensation:
Like many major youth-serving, not-for-profit-organizations, deferred compensation is used as an appropriate method for rewarding executives who achieve their performance goals. As a not-for- profit organization, the BSA’s volunteer executive compensation committee has chosen to utilize deferred compensation, in lieu of bonuses or stock options, that commonly would be offered in a for- profit company.

Under the BSA’s deferred compensation plan the organization contributes a percentage of an employee’s salary, which may be paid at a later date.

The BSA is a merit-based pay organization and each year the BSA’s executive compensation committee and national executive board set goals for its executives, evaluate their achievements and award deferred compensation accordingly. An executive’s goals might include a variety of objectives like making sure the organization is fiscally sound, ensuring a structure that provides the appropriate support to the BSA’s local councils, recruiting the right levels of volunteers who give leadership to the organization and providing overall management of the professional staff.

TruScouting Note:
Next time you see a board member ask them: Was Ethan Draddy's performance in 2009 really worth a full-time professional position? Because that is the amount of his pay increase (with bonus).