Sent on behalf of Feodora Hamza: Dear DNS Abuse Small Team, Welcome to the DNS Abuse Small Team! Feodora Hamza, Steve Chan, and John Emery from the GNSO support staff look forward to assisting you in achieving the assignment form goals of this team. A wiki<https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/iQCiCg> has been established to provide background and present the current members of the team, while also supporting this Team in its future endeavors. Per the assignment form, please note that the Small Team is expected to deliver a report to the GNSO Council including: * Findings from its review of available data sources; * List of gaps the Small Team may have identified; * Recommendations to the GNSO Council on next steps on what other work (policy development, further research, and/or community/industry collaboration etc.) might be needed to address DNS Abuse. Though already shared, we would once again like to distribute the following documents for your understanding and preparation for the DNS Abuse Small Team: * DNS abuse small team final report<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2022/correspondence/dns-ab...> * INFERMAL Study<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/inferential-analysis-maliciously...> * ICANN Compliance 6-month Report on DNS Abuse mitigation requirements<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icann-enforcement-of-dns-abuse-m...> Also, an email has already been sent to you with a Doodle poll to help us schedule a 60-minute kick-off meeting. Please complete the Doodle poll by this Friday, 9 May, as requested via email, since the meeting slots fall at the beginning of the next week (12-16 May). Once the kick-off meeting is scheduled, we’ll send a draft agenda. In addition, we would like to Call for Volunteers for the Lead of this Small Team prior to the Kick-off Meeting. Please respond to this email if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by the end of this week, Friday, 9 May COB. We will put forward the volunteer to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. In the event there are multiple volunteers, staff will run a poll to identify the Lead. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you. With best regards, Feodora on behalf of the DNS Abuse Small Team Support Team John R. Emery, Ph.D. Policy Development Support Senior Specialist Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org>