Jim K. joins Team Ethan

Those of us here at TruScouting are happy for Jim.  He might have thought to call Steve Bortz for an honest assessment of working for Ethan.

We don’t think this will last very long.  Both Jim and Ethan like to play “pin the tail on the donkey,” or the blame game, and sooner or later they will do this with each other and Jim will find himself out of another job.  Does anyone out there know of a Senior Executive Service member not retiring from the position?

When you run camps for the BSA, you should have a clue that your weekends will be tied up.  Poor Jim, he thinks he’ll be visiting Maryland on the weekends.  Good luck Jim, you're going to need it.    

It has been a year, how are you New York City?

Loving Ethan Draddy yet?  It takes Ethan a year to start to work his special magic.  Nothing all that special about it, cut programs he did not start to fund his “Big Ideas” which are rarely his to begin with.

·       Report to the State

·       Cultivation days for staff

·       Putting pressure on older staff members to leave

·       The BIG council event, normally with law enforcement

·       Outreach to minority communities to “show the flag” at board meetings

These were just few of his year one “Big Ideas” for Baltimore.  Baltimore, yes the place Ethan made the impression that he was God’s special gift to Scouting.  How is Baltimore these days?

The council is still in the audit process for the year.  The comptroller is no longwe with the council.  Being a "yes person" can get you ahead – it can also get you into trouble.

Summer camp numbers continue to decline.  The professional staff is below strength with prospects of recovering to pre-Ethan staffing levels dim.  Few of the “Big Ideas” Ethan Draddy implemented are around a year after his departure – outside of a few of his camp followers who are still with us.

At this point in his tenure, be on the lookout for Ethan bringing in these camp followers to New York to do the dirty work needed to make Ethan World possible.  For all his happy speak and Attention Deficit Disorder behavior Ethan has an agenda, to be the next Chief Scout Executive.  You can get with that agenda or find yourself on the outside looking in.