District Of Columbia Code § 29-1113

Procedural requirements for member meetings.
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Unless an unincorporated nonprofit association’s governing principles provide otherwise: Approval of a matter by the members shall require an affirmative majority of the votes cast at a meeting of members; and Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter that is submitted for approval by members.
The governing principles may provide for the: Calling, location, and timing of member meetings; Notice and quorum requirements for member meetings; Conduct of member meetings; Taking of action by the members by consent without a meeting or casting ballots; and Participation by members in a member meeting by telephone or other means of electronic communication.
If the governing principles do not provide for a matter described in subsection (b) of this section, customary usages and principles of parliamentary law and procedure apply.

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