Author: Michael F. Bowman
Company: Attorney at Law

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CAMP PAY

Date:         Thu, 29 Jun 1995 11:32:16 EDT
From: "Marc L. Smith" <mls@GENRAD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Camp Staff Pay

Other than OA lodge adviser, one of my jobs on the Council's camp committee
is determining the pay for each staff member of our summer camp.  Our
philosophy in the past few years is to provide minimal pay to those around
the ages of 15 & 16 and substantially increase the pay as they get older
so as to attract more college age staff.  We seem to have been very successful
with this the past few years and in general the staff seems to be happy with
their pay.  We also publish our pay schema so that what and how much we pay
for each _skill_ is well known in advance.  (It used to be thought that the
only criteria for a pay increase was the number of years on staff, without
regard to skills, age, etc.)

The following is the  1995 Residential Camp Pay Scale (sum of each category):
[non-director positions only]

Base Salary             $ 70 / week

Age Compensation        $____           14 years old:     $-20
                                        15 years old:     $- 5
                                        16 years old:     $  0
                                        17 years old:     $+10
                                        18 years or more: $+15

Rank Compensation       $_____          Age:  <=2nd   1st   Star  Life Eagle
                                        14:    $+ 0   + 0   + 5   + 5   + 0
                                        15:     - 5   + 0   + 0   +10   + 5
                                        16:     -10   - 5   + 0   + 5   +10
                                        17:     -15   -10   - 5   + 0   +10
                                        18+:    -20   -15   -10   + 0   + 5

CIT Compensation        $_____          never             $+ 0
                                        1 full CIT term:   + 5
                                        2 full CIT terms:  + 5   (same year)
                                        2 full CIT terms:  +10   (diff years)

Experience Compensation $_____          never             $+ 0
                                        1 full summer:    $+15
                                        2 full summers:   $+25
                                        3 full summers:   $+30
                                        4 full summers:   $+25
                                        5 full summers:   $+10

School Compensattion    $_____          High school in fall:       $+ 0
                                        College Freshman in fall:  $+20
                                        College Sophmore+ in fall: $+25

Special Certifications  $_____          1st Responder or EMT:             $+10
                                        Natl Camp School (in area hired): $+10
                                        Other relavent certifications:    $+ 5

Pgm Area Compensation   $_____          Kitchen staff:   $+40
                                        All other areas: $+ 0

Last Year's Review      $_____          Poor        $-50
                                        Fair        $-25
                                        Good        $-10
                                        Excellent   $  0
                                        Outstanding $+ 5

Sum of All Categories   $_____          <= salary per week

The actual pay is, of course, subject to slight adjustments.  The actual range
can go from a minimum of $70/week to a maximum of $215/week, based on a
7 week season.

An example of our pay for our staff this year (per week) is
(non-director positions only, actual individual's pay is shown):

             (1st year)           (most senior in area)
Waterfront:     $ 75,   $80,    $110,   $140   +2 asst' dir     +1 director
Scoutcraft:     $ 70,   $80,    $ 90                            +2 directors
Ecology:        $ 70,   $75                                     +1 director
Field Sports:   $ 80,   $110                                    +1 director
Kitchen:        $110,   $110,   $110,   $140                    +1 director

[Of the 9 area directors, 6 are college students and eagle scouts (the others
 are 'a might too old to be students').   Their average pay is $200 to $300
 per week, roughtly comparable to or better than a job at "College Pro"
 painting, Landscapers'r'us or at McDonalds.   The pgm director and camp
 directors pay is around $250 to $375.  Even without good pay, its more fun!]

Any comments or suggestions are welcome.  If your council has a similar
schedule (maybe not as IRS-like) I would be very interested in receiving a
copy.

[FYI, the council, Nashua Valley Council, Lancaster MA, is located 30-70 miles
 west of Boston and our camp is in southern New Hampshire (Camp Wanocksett,
 Jaffrey NH).  We run a 6 week program in which 5 of those weeks are fully
 booked usually prior to April.  Our fee $155 if pre-registered & paid
 by March 15, $185 otherwise.]

Yours in Scouting,
 Marc Smith
 mls@genrad.com