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District Grassroots Committees

• What are District Grassroots Committees?
• How many DGC’s are there?
• Who is eligible to participate in a DGC?
• Who do I contact to find out about meetings or get involved?
• How can I be assured that my workplace issues will be addressed during the candidate screening process?
• How can Assemblies participate in the DGC’s?

Q. What are District Grassroots Committees?

A. District Grassroots Committees (DGC’s) are responsible for candidate screenings and endorsement recommendations, voter registration, fundraising for PEOPLE and the OCSEA PAC, as well as mobilizing on legislative and political action issues.
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Q. How many DGC’s are there?

A. There are 9 and are established by each OCSEA District Council. [ top ]

Q. Who is eligible to participate in a DGC?

A. Any OCSEA member in good standing or a retiree—who is also a PEOPLE member—through their district council.  Each chapter within the district can appoint a minimum of two representatives (more are eligible based on membership). [ top ]

Q. Who do I contact to find out about meetings or get involved?

A. The names of each DGC Chair and OCSEA staff representative assigned are listed below:

The names of the DGC Chairs and OCSEA staff representative assigned are listed, respectively, below. Contact staff by email or (in Central Ohio) 614-865 + ext. or (toll free) 800-266-5615, + ext.

DGC #1 - Peggy Erhart, Chair;
Staff Rep Karen Ells; kells@ocsea.org or ext. 2620

DGC #2 - Carol Bird, Chair;
Staff Rep. Mike Muenchen; mmuenchen@ocsea.org or ext. 2667

DGC #3 - Theresa Heger, Chair;
Staff Rep. Jim McElvain; jmcelvain@ocsea.org or ext. 2628

DGC #4 - Doug Sollitto, Chair
Staff Rep. George Yerkes; gyerkes@ocsea.org or ext. 2618

DGC #5 - Cindy Bobitt, Chair; Tom Miller, Co-chair;
Staff Rep. Mike Scheffer; hbumgardner @ ocsea.org or ext. 2650

DGC #6 - Debbie King, Chair, and Louella Jeter, Co-chair;
Staff Rep Barbara Follmann; bfollmann@ocsea.org or ext. 2651

DGC #7 - Quida Higbee, Chair;
Staff Rep. Lynn Kemp; lkemp @ ocsea.org or ext. 2616

DGC #8 - Beth Sheets, Chair;
Staff Rep. Jamie Kuhner; jkuhner @ ocsea.org or ext. 2090

DGC #9 - Mal Corey, Chair;
Staff Rep. Lynn Belcher; lbelcher @ ocsea.org or ext. 2657

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Q. How can I be assured that my workplace issues will be addressed during the candidate screening process?

If your chapter does not already have some one appointed, insist that your chapter president appoint representatives to your DGC immediately. [ top ]

Q. How can Assemblies participate in the DGC’s?

It is imperative that Assemblies participate through individual chapter appointments, and that assemblies identify members for each chapter. [ top ]

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Updated: April 2009