How do I know it's possible? Because it's decided by people. People are sensitive for these kinds of things. What I meant with assessment in this case is that I

How do I know it's possible? Because it's decided by people. People are sensitive for these kinds of things. What I meant with assessment in this case is that I cannot judge whether this is happened in this specific case. As in I don't know enough about mathematics to make an assessment. Not I don't know enough about committees to say it's possible or not. I thought that would be clear from the post but I can see how you misunderstood it.