Question juridique clé
Whether the January 3, 2002 reconsideration request had to be treated as a timely appeal and transmitted to the competent appeal body.
Solution extraite
No. Interpreted in good faith, the filing was plainly a reconsideration request addressed to the dean, not an appeal.
Motifs extraits
The appellant deliberately addressed the dean despite a clear appeal instruction; the text and context of the filing showed reconsideration, not challenge of the decision. The transmission rule did not apply.