protip: although the board likely had to meet to approve their options contract, the board can also do anything such as backdate the vesting period or quantity

protip: although the board likely had to meet to approve their options contract, the board can also do anything such as backdate the vesting period or quantity or strike price or set a more favorable vesting schedule and simply didn't, it was never a factor as the board didn’t meet on the matter of actually granting them the options at all