AfNOG’s Host Call Makes Impact a Selection Criterion Without Publishing How It Is Measured

Summary

• AfNOG’s published hosting page makes greatest local impact a preference in host selection.
• The reviewed page does not publish how impact is defined, evidenced, weighted or compared.

AfNOG’s hosting page gives its final section unusual governance weight. It says AfNOG Convenors and AfriNIC Management make the final host decision, then lists preferences including the country where a local workshop and meeting would have the greatest impact.

Sources

• S1 — AfNOG, “Call for Proposals – Hosting Africa Internet Summit,” sections 16–17 (captured 2026-09-05): https://www.afnog.org/hosting.php

“Greatest impact” is a comparative criterion. Yet the reviewed page does not say whether impact means technical capacity, geographic reach, underserved communities, operator participation, policy engagement, cost efficiency or durable local institutions. It does not state what evidence applicants should provide, how dimensions are weighted or whether selection reasons are later published.

The temporal boundary matters. The page’s open-call text refers to AIS 2021–2023 and a January 2020 deadline. It is therefore a published governance artifact, not evidence of the current AIS 2026 selection process. Internal scoring or reasons may exist elsewhere, and this analysis does not allege an unfair decision or undisclosed conflict.

A compact rubric could define impact dimensions, expected evidence, weighting and conflict handling, followed by a short reasons record explaining the selected proposal against those dimensions. That would make the published preference testable without exposing confidential bid material.