Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - February 27, 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
  • Andrea Orth - GenevaERS Representative
  • Sean Grady - Zowe Representative
  • Joe Bostian - International Business Machines Corporation

Quorum Not Achieved.

Voting Members Not in Attendance

  • Phil Tully - Citi
  • Giancarlo Frix - Rocket Software
  • Sudharsana Srinivasan - COBOL Programming Course Representative
  • Gregory MacKinnon - Broadcom Corporation
  • Lauren Valenti - Open Mainframe Education Representative

Other attendees

  • Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
  • John Mertic, The Linux Foundation
  • Daniel Horak, Red Hat, Inc.

Agenda

  • Strategy Session [#763]

Notes

Strategy Session

Brainstorm

  • Mentorship Program
    • Can we expand it?
    • Can we participate in Google Summer of Code
    • Current challenges for the Mentorship program
      • Funding
      • Project participation
  • Mainframe Infrastructure
    • Standing up the Open Mainframe Project’s mainframe
    • Current challenges for the Mainframe Infrastructure
      • Collaboration with Marist College
      • Funding
  • Mainframe Education
    • Can we provide more education for administrators?
    • Is there an audience for cybersecurity training/educational content?
  • AI
    • Can we use our existing documentation to train an AI chatbot?
      • Zowe
      • GenevaERS
    • Would companies be interested in donating data to an ethical AI training initiative?
  • Current Projects
    • What can we do to level-up our existing projects?
      • Measure current input and output
      • Identify challenges and potential existing solutions
    • Directory of Experts / Subject-Matter Experts
      • Identifying areas of expertise with the Open Mainframe Project
    • How can we move projects out of the incubation stage?
  • Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)
  • Increasing Communication and Collaboration