Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - June 12, 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:

Recording.

Attendance

Voting Member Attendance

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

Quorum Not Achieved.

Voting Members Not in Attendance

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

Other attendees

  • Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
  • John Mertic, The Linux Foundation
  • Jeff Brown, EMMA
  • Daniel Horak, Red Hat, Inc.
  • Rohan Sen, Student

Agenda

  • z/VM Community Tools [#454]
  • TAC Strategy Session [#763]
  • TAC Vice Chair Election [#725]
  • IBM TechXchange 2025 [#809]

Notes

General Updates

z/VM Community Tools

Jeff Brown provided an update on the zVM Community Tools projects. Brown and Mike MacIsaac are now leading the project as co-chairs. Brown said MacIsaac has populated the GitHub repository with approximately 30 utilities. Brown and MacIsaac are still working on establishing policies, procedures and a Technical Steering Committee (TSC).

TAC Strategy Session

John Mertic said that voting is open for the SBOM working group proposal. Mertic reported that volunteers are still needed to lead the “Directory of Experts” group and the “AI Chatbot for Project Documentation” initiative.

IBM TechXchange 2025

Mertic said the call for proposals is open until the end of the month and notifications for accepted papers will be in July. Mertic added that the event will take place in Orlando from October 6th to 9th, with Community Day on Monday, October 6th.

TAC Vice Chair Elections

Mertic reported the election for the 2026 TAC Vice Chair will be held in December - Mike Friesenegger will transition to the main chairperson role and Phil Tully will step down.