AUTHOR’S NOTE: Suppose that in canon, the ICW had an annual conference in August 1995, and that Magical Australia and Magical USA put forth the same resolution about Wizarding Britain NEWTs as is described here. So why did JKR never mention it? Because the novels are told from Harry’s point of view, and ICW politics never has been on Harry’s radar in canon. Also, suppose that in canon, Dumbledore charmed, sweet-talked and bamboozled enough delegates, and called in enough favours, that the resolution did not pass with 90 percent of the vote, so the resolution’s effect on Wizarding Britain was only advisory—and when the Wizengamot formally received the text of the ICW resolution, they ignored it. Similarly, suppose that if in canon there were a motion to remove Dumbledore as Supreme Mugwump, Dumbledore persuaded enough people to vote against the motion that the motion failed. However in this AU chapter, the bad things that Harry Potter told the New York Wand about Dumbledore, and that the Magical USA delegate gleefully shows to the other ICW-conference delegates, destroy Dumbledore’s reputation, so that the Australia-USA resolution gets more than the threshold 90 percent of the vote. For the same reason—Dumbledore getting so much bad press—in this chapter, the "remove Dumbledore as Supreme Mugwump" vote passes.