Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - May 22, 2025

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

Conference call details

Meetings are hosted on the LFX Meeting Management platform. More details on how to register are at https://tac.openmainframeproject.org/meetings.

Meeting Recording

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

Recording.

Attendance

Voting Member Attendance

  • Sudharsana Srinivasan - COBOL Programming Course Representative
  • Gregory MacKinnon - Broadcom Corporation
  • Mike Friesenegger - Feilong Representative
  • Phil Tully - Citi

Quorum Not Achieved.

Voting Members Not in Attendance

  • Lauren Valenti - Open Mainframe Education Representative
  • Sean Grady - Zowe Representative
  • Andrea Orth - GenevaERS Representative
  • Joe Bostian - International Business Machines Corporation
  • Giancarlo Frix - Rocket Software

Other attendees

  • Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
  • John Mertic, The Linux Foundation
  • Donna Hudi, Phoenix Software International
  • Emre Tunar, Broadcom Corporation
  • Daniel Horak, Red Hat, Inc.
  • Senthil Nathan, IBM
  • Aaron Kippins, IBM
  • Len Santalucia, Converge Technology Solutions Corp
  • Cam Seay, East Carolina University

Agenda

  • New Working Group Proposal - SBOM for mainframe applications [#848]
  • IBM TechXchange 2025 [#809]
  • TAC Strategy Session [#763]
  • Mentorship selection check in [#850]
  • TAC Vice Chair Elections [#725]

Notes

General Updates

SBOM for Mainframe Applications

Senthil Nathan presented the working group proposal for SBOM for Mainframe Applications.

An approval vote will take place offline in LFX.

TAC Strategy Session

Mike Friesenegger reported that the directory of subject-matter experts and developing an AI chatbot for project documentation are in need of leadership.

IBM TechXchange 2025

On October 6, Open Mainframe Project is holding Community Day. The CFP will run through June 30th.

TAC Vice Chair Elections

Friesenegger reminded the TAC that the Vice Chair election is scheduled for October-November this year. Phil Tully suggested bringing it up during the next Governing Board meeting in August.

Mentorship Update

Friesenegger reported that mentee selections are due this week.