AFRINIC November Co-Chair slate absent from election portal

AFRINIC set a Friday date for its Co-Chair slate. Monday’s page still has June.

Why it matters

The 18 November consensus selection has a venue and a timetable. The public election page has yet to name the candidates for it.

Theo March9 November 2026Reading Time 2 minLast update: 9 November 2026

AFRINIC scheduled its November PDP Co-Chair candidate list for 6 November; the election page still showed only the June selection at the 9 November check.

Summary

AFRINIC’s election page schedules publication of the PDP Co-Chair candidate list for 6 November 2026 at 14:00 UTC and selection by consensus on 18 November.
A cache-bypassed check on 9 November found only the page’s explicitly labelled June 2026 candidate section; the official election announcement index had no November slate notice.

The room is booked for 18 November in Cape Town. The candidate list was supposed to be public at 14:00 UTC on Friday, 6 November. By Monday, AFRINIC’s election page still showed the name from June, under a heading that says exactly that: “The June 2026 Selection.” The announcement index still ended its election notices with the 2 October call for nominations. The clock moved; the public list did not.

This is a narrow, checkable gap. AFRINIC invited nominations for one Policy Development Process Co-Chair, closed them on 29 October and listed 6 November as the final slate publication date. Its current election page repeats that date and schedules a consensus selection at the 18 November Public Policy Meeting. It does not identify a candidate for that November choice. Haitham El-Nakhal appears as the already selected June Co-Chair; the page says the other incumbent’s term runs to the November meeting. Treating his June profile as this month’s slate would turn an archive into an answer.

The job is procedural but powerful. AFRINIC’s own guidelines say Co-Chairs moderate policy discussions, judge rough consensus, document calls and transmit adopted policy to the Board. The Policy Development Working Group selects one by consensus, not by a general ballot. Participants need to know whom they are considering before they gather to decide.

The public record does not explain whether nominations were received, assessed or delayed. A dated November slate or a notice revising the timetable would settle the gap. For now, AFRINIC has published the appointment date and left the candidate side of the current election page blank.

Original records: election page; NomCom call; announcement index; election guidelines.