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id="key-info" class="u-max-text-width"> <div class="block-paragraph"><p data-block-key="0qqb1">The IESG administers the process according to the rules and procedures that have been ratified by the聽<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/">Internet Society</a>聽trustees [RFC 2026]. It is directly responsible for the actions associated with entry into and movement along the Internet "standards track," including final approval of specifications as Internet Standards.聽</p><p data-block-key="zmnnj">The IESG consists of the聽<a href="/about/groups/iesg/members/">Area Directors</a>聽(ADs) who are selected by the聽<a href="/about/groups/nomcom/">Nominations Committee</a>聽(NomCom) and are appointed for two years. The process for choosing the members of the IESG is detailed in聽RFC 8713,聽"IAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF Nominating and Recall Committees."</p></div> <div class="block-heading">General</div> <div class="block-paragraph"><p data-block-key="8urtr"><a href="/about/groups/iesg/members/">Members</a>聽|聽<a href="/technologies/areas/">Areas</a>聽|聽<a href="/process/directorates/">Directorates聽&聽Review聽Teams</a>聽|聽<a href="/about/groups/iesg/process-experiments/">Process聽Experiments</a>聽|聽<a href="https://trac.ietf.org/trac/iesg/wiki">IESG Wiki</a> | <a href="/about/groups/iesg/iesg-coi-policy/">IESG Conflict of Interest Policy</a></p></div> <div class="block-heading">Teleconferences</div> <div class="block-paragraph"><p data-block-key="v56zu"><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/iesg/agenda/">Agenda</a>聽| <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/iesg/agenda/documents/">Documents on Future IESG Telechat Agendas</a> | <a 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