I did not mention it in my first post, as I hadn't read all of GHs posts at that time, but I think the storyline GH developed around this thing is really good and he has pulled it of in a most satisfactory way, I really want to congratulate him on that.
I agree with TinCow that we should take this as a one-time incident and not make a rule out of it. Like him I believe that nearly all things can and should be done through the Chancellor.