The W3C and the Unicode Consortium are both working towards improved communication among and between the people of the world.  As the Web has developed from its initial Latin-1 roots, close cooperation between our two Consortia has become increasingly important.  Indeed, the W3C Process document [Process] specifically mentions the Unicode Consortium as one of the organizations with which the W3C wishes to collaborate [Partnerships].
In the last couple of years, an informal liaison has been established between our organizations.  As Chair of the Internationalization Working Group of the W3C, I would now like to strengthen this relationship by establishing a formal liaison, on the technical level, between the W3C I18N WG and the Unicode Technical Committee (UTC).
Both the W3C I18N WG, and other W3C WGs, are producing very significant specifications for the Web which rely on specifications published by the Unicode Consortium.  Both our Consortia would benefit from the involvement of the Unicode experts in the review of these Web specifications.  Similarly, the Unicode Consortium would benefit from the increased awareness and use of Unicode resulting from such collaboration, and from the resulting feedback.
Such an active exchange of ideas and information would best be achieved via a more formal liaison relationship.  Therefore, I ask the Unicode Consortium to approve the establishment of a formal liaison relationship between the UTC and the W3C I18N WG, and to appoint a liaison person from the UTC to the W3C I18N WG (please refer to the appended procedural note).

Procedural note:
W3C WG meetings are closed meetings, whose proceedings are confidential.  Documents written by W3C WGs remain confidential until published as Working Drafts, Proposed Recommendations, Recommendations or Notes.  W3C WG Chairs may invite persons who are not members of their WG to WG meetings, where this would help in the work of the WG, provided that such invitees agree to adhere to the confidentiality rules.  It is likely that the person nominated as liaison by the Unicode Consortium would satisfy these criteria and would be invited to W3C I18N WG meetings.