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Part III. Appendix 4: User OutreachThe entry level issues with respect to the DMAC concern data management and information transferaspects of the top 30 or so key variables (e.g., ocean temperature, ocean salinity) identified bythe Airlie process. Other issues will be provided by User Outreach Team members, under the responsibilitiesoutlined below.DUTIES OF THE TEAMThe duties of the User Outreach Team are summarized as follows:1. Community Issues Lists—Primary responsibility is to serve as a point of contact to solicit inputsto the DMAC Plan for the designated community, as captured in the Community Issues Lists.Together with white papers prepared by the other non-outreach teams, the Community IssuesLists will form the first draft of the user outreach section of the DMAC report. Issues are to befocused on the top 30 variables identified at the Airlie conference, as a starting point. Each teammember is to edit, refine, and prioritize her/his list, as a reflection of the inputs received fromthe community.2. Recommend to the DMAC-SC a list of requirements of users, represented by the seven communitiesof the seven objectives established at the Airlie conference.3. Keep Team Leader informed of progress on a regular basis.4. Make recommendations to the DMAC-SC on a structure that ensures ongoing communicationsbetween IOOS DMAC managers and user groups—identifying new user needs and providingfeedback on any identified inadequacies within the evolving system.What is the definition of users for the purposes of DMAC? IOOS is, by definition, user-driven(see Figure 1), and user groups were identified, to an extent, during the process of putting the Airliemeeting together, and by the choice of the seven goals, above. Based on these beginnings andthe experience of operational programs like Rutgers’ Long-term Ecosystem Observatory’s (LEO)and Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory public service web site known as the “COOLroom”(www.thecoolroom.org), there is a dynamic pool of end users, fishers, recreationalists, and privatecompanies that support commercial marine transport and other marine industries that is beyondthe reach of the DMAC Plan writing process. This pool is out of reach because it changes dependingon circumstances, such as natural marine disasters, and changing threats to national and seasonalactivities of users. It is also out of reach at the moment because of the limited time availableto this phase of the DMAC process.225