{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1113","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-1113","heading":"Procedural requirements for member meetings.","body":"(a)\nUnless an unincorporated nonprofit association’s governing principles provide otherwise:\n(1)\nApproval of a matter by the members shall require an affirmative majority of the votes cast at a meeting of members; and\n(2)\nEach member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter that is submitted for approval by members.\n\n(b)\nThe governing principles may provide for the:\n(1)\nCalling, location, and timing of member meetings;\n(2)\nNotice and quorum requirements for member meetings;\n(3)\nConduct of member meetings;\n(4)\nTaking of action by the members by consent without a meeting or casting ballots; and\n(5)\nParticipation by members in a member meeting by telephone or other means of electronic communication.\n\n(c)\nIf 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.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 11. Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-1113","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"2c6105a60456b2534e4a387c23bd759d7403bcd16beed21f82695ce0f3e4648a","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1112","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}