Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - January 13, 2022

Date/Time

Meeting held monthly on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month unless otherwise stated.

Agenda to be posted at: https://github.com/openmainframeproject/tac/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22meeting%22

All meetings are listed on the Open Mainframe Project calendar at https://lists.openmainframeproject.org/calendar, subject to the mailing lists you are subscribed to.

Attendance

Voting member rollcall:

Phil Tully, ADP ( Platinum Member )

  • Gregory MacKinnon, Broadcom ( Platinum Member )
  • Joe Bostian, IBM ( Platinum Member )
  • Giancarlo Frix, Rocket Software ( Platinum Member )
  • Mark Post, SUSE ( Platinum Member )
  • James Caffrey, IBM ( ADE )
  • Sudharsana Srinivasan, IBM ( COBOL Programming Course )
  • Kip Twitchell ( GenevaERS )
  • Bob Dahlberg, VCU ( Mentorship )
  • Sean Grady, Rocket Software ( Zowe )

Quorum NOT Achieved.

Other Attendees

  • John Mertic
  • Yarille Kilborn
  • Sam Golob
  • David Edelsohn
  • Matt Hogstrom
  • Mike Friesenegger
  • Dan Horak
  • Len Santalucia
  • Cameron Seay
  • Yongkook Kim
  • Ingo Adlung
  • Yvette LaMar
  • Hiren Shah

Agenda

Extracted from meeting-agenda labelled issues and pull requests from openmainframeproject/tac prior to the meeting.

  • COBOL Check annual review #313
  • ADE Annual Review #312
  • Discuss 2022 Goals and Objectives #300
  • Discuss Ambassador Program #290
  • Discuss badging for projects #265
  • TerseDecompress incubation renewal #103
  • Project updates ( list at https://tac.openmainframeproject.org/#projects-and-working-groups )

Notes

  • Mr. Mertic provided an update of the Ambassador Program. Mr. Twitchell asked if we have received feedback about the program. A further discussion with the group ensued. The group recommended that is a criteria established for application.

  • COBOL Check annual review - postponed till next meeting

  • Mr. Twitchell mentioned that there will be a badge issued for committers of GenevaERS

  • No updates for the TerseDecompress incubation renewal #103

  • ADE Annual Review #312 - to be held at a later date

  • Project updates ( list at https://tac.openmainframeproject.org/#projects-and-working-groups )

    • Mr. Twitchell provided an update on GenevaERS. Mr. Grady recommended Mr. Twitchell introduce GenevaERS to the ZOWE Community.
    • Mr. Grady discussed releasing ZOWE V2 in February.