[deusofnull]

from the article,

> While Facebook will select the first 11 members of the board, the eleven will choose the remaining board members, with terms lasting three years.

facebook picks the first 11 board members and then those 11 staff new appointments for 3 year terms, but not sure if the first 11 also control staffing throughout the org.

if this is a "facebook supreme court" then its kinda fishy if the stakeholders get to appoint the first 11 judges...

edit: also, tsk tsk wallstreet journal. if you use numerals (11) in a piece of writing, dont switch to the written number (eleven)!

[JumpCrisscross]

> its kinda fishy if the stakeholders get to appoint the first 11 judges

So it's a Facebook-controlled board.

An honest mechanism would involve outside groups from the start. A legitimate mechanism probably requires the government to step in.

This is simply a deflection mechanism, a board for PR.

> if you use numerals (11) in a piece of writing, dont switch to the written number (eleven)

This is common style advice. The numeral represents a quantity. Written out, it represents the body per se.

[deusofnull]

Frankly i agree about gov intervention in such matters because how can you really, honestly take a company at its word that its self-appointed accountability board is actually independent? Or has power to make decisions that would hurt Facebook. And companies shouldnt really be expected to do that, or at least we shouldnt expect that over a government solution. Something like this is exaccccctly what governments is designed to handle vs what business can be expected to do on its own.

[rumanator]

> While Facebook will select the first 11 members of the board, the eleven will choose the remaining board members, with terms lasting three years.

So Facebook reserves its right to dictate who serves on the board, whether directly or indirectly.