Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - January 9, 2025

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Conference call details

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Meeting Recording

A recording of the meeting and the transcript are both available at the link below:

Meeting Recording

Attendance

Voting Member Attendance

  • Mike Friesenegger - Feilong Representative
  • Sudharsana Srinivasan - COBOL Programming Course Representative
  • Andrea Orth - GenevaERS Representative
  • Joe Bostian - International Business Machines Corporation
  • Gregory MacKinnon - Broadcom Corporation
  • Lauren Valenti - Open Mainframe Education Representative

Quorum Achieved.

Voting Members Not in Attendance

  • Phil Tully - Citi
  • Giancarlo Frix - Rocket Software
  • Sean Grady - Zowe Representative

Other attendees

  • John Mertic, The Linux Foundation
  • Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
  • Daniel Horak, Red Hat, Inc.
  • Len Santalucia, Converge Technologies
  • Oleksandr Hubanov, Rocket Software
  • Elizabeth Joseph, International Business Machines Corporation

Agenda

  • COBOL Working Group Annual Review [#581]
  • TerseDecompress Annual Review [#576]
  • TAC Vice Chair Election [#725]
  • Ambassador Program Applications Open [#753]

Notes

TAC Vice Chair Election

John Mertic announced that Mike Friesenegger has volunteered for the TAC Vice Chair position.

Len Santalucia motioned to approve. Cameron Seay seconded, and all were in favor.

RESOLVED - That Mike Friesenegger is hereby elected as the TAC Vice Chair.

Ambassador Program Applications Open

Mertic shared that the Open Mainframe Ambassador Program is accepting applications for new members. Mertic added that the Marketing Committee volunteered to take ownership of the selection process. Elizabeth Joseph requested that the deadline be extended to the end of the month.

COBOL Working Group Annual Review

Cameron Seay presented the COBOL Working Group Annual Review.

Mike Friesenegger motioned to renew the COBOL Working Group. Sudharsana Srinivasan seconded, and all were in favor.

RESOLVED - That the COBOL Working Group is hereby renewed for another year as a working group.

TerseDecompress Annual Review

Oleksandr Hubanov presented the TerseDecompress Annual Review.

Srinivasan motioned to renew the TerseDcompress project. Joe Bostian seconded, and all were in favor.

RESOLVED - That the TerseDecompress is hereby renewed for another year at the sandbox stage.