[31 October 2009] Community White Paper on LSL finalized: The OceanObs'09 Community White Paper (CWP) on Local Sea Level Changes has been finalized and submitted for publication in the Conference proceedings. A preprint of the CWP is available as pdf. An overview of the contents of these proceedings is available at http://www.oceanobs09.net/index.php. Note also the Conference Statement, which is a call for action. The final version of the statement is also available here as pdf.