Call for Participation: Internationalization Working Group Charter approved; Join the Internationalization Working Group

Dear members of the Internationalization Working Group,

I'm relaying the following announcement that was sent to W3C Advisory 
Committee Representative earlier today, to notify the group of the new 
charter approval and call for participation.

With kind regards,
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:  Call for Participation: Internationalization Working Group 
Charter approved; Join the Internationalization Working Group
Date:  Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:16:34 +0800
From:  Xueyuan Jia <xueyuan@w3.org>
To:  w3c-ac-members@w3.org


Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
[This announcement will be forwarded to W3C group chairs]

W3C is pleased to announce the recharter of the Internationalization 
Working Group.
https://www.w3.org/International/groups/wg/charter-2026.html

The group is chartered through 19 March 2029.

The mission of the Internationalization Working Group is to enable 
universal access to the World Wide Web by proposing and coordinating the 
adoption by the W3C of techniques, conventions, technologies, and 
designs that enable and enhance the use of W3C technology and the Web 
worldwide, with and between various different languages, scripts, 
regions, and cultures.

Please use the following form to have your organization join or rejoin 
the group. The form will also instruct you how to nominate participants:
https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/i18n-core/join/

Please consider diversity when proposing people to participate in W3C 
groups. Representation from a wider group of people, especially people 
from under-represented groups, is vital for creating web standards that 
meet the needs of the wider web community.

If your organization is currently in the group, please note that you 
will need to have it re-join the group as the new charter adds a new 
deliverable with licensing obligations under the W3C Patent Policy. This 
Call for Participation triggers the start of the 45 days grace period. See:
https://www.w3.org/2020/09/15-pp-faq.html#recharter

The group co-chairs are Addison Phillips (W3C Invited Expert) and Joel 
Sahleen (W3C Invited Expert). The Staff Contacts are Fuqiao Xue (0.9 
FTE), Richard Ishida (0.35 FTE), Atsushi Shimono (0.4 FTE), and Bert Bos 
(0.05 FTE) for a total of 1.7 FTE.

More information about the group can be found on the group home page:
https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-activity/i18n-wg/

[...]
To see all changes relative to the proposed charter, follow this link:
https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2026%2F02%2Fproposed-i18n-wg-charter.html&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FInternational%2Fgroups%2Fwg%2Fcharter-2026.html

To see all changes relative to the previous charter, follow this link:
https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FInternational%2Fgroups%2Fwg%2Fcharter.html&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FInternational%2Fgroups%2Fwg%2Fcharter-2026.html

This announcement follows section 5.7.2 of the W3C Process Document:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#ACReviewAfter

and the Call for Participation follows section 4.5 of the W3C Process 
Document:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#cfp

Thank you,

For Philippe Le Hegaret, VP, Technical Strategy;
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications