AfNOG’s Host Call Makes the Selection Final Without Publishing a Reconsideration Path

Summary

• The dated call says AfNOG Convenors and AfriNIC Management make the final host selection and their decision is final.
• The reviewed page does not publish a narrow correction or reconsideration path.

Finality can give a time-sensitive event decision operational certainty. But a finality clause and a correction rule answer different questions: one ends ordinary contest; the other handles a material factual mistake, eligibility error or information unavailable before the decision.

Sources

• S1 — AfNOG, “Call for Proposals – Hosting Africa Internet Summit,” section 16 (captured 2026-09-05): https://www.afnog.org/hosting.php

The reviewed page names the selectors and says their decision is final. It does not publish who may request reconsideration, permissible grounds, a filing deadline, who reviews the request, whether implementation pauses, or whether reasons are issued.

The page refers to AIS 2021–2023 and a January 2020 deadline. It is a dated governance artifact, not evidence of the current AIS 2026 process. A correction mechanism may have existed internally. This analysis does not allege an unlawful decision, a denied appeal or an actual procedural error.

A narrow rule could preserve finality while allowing one documented request on specified grounds, decided promptly by a named reviewer with a short reasons record.