Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - June 26, 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

  • Mike Friesenegger - Feilong Representative
  • Gregory MacKinnon - Broadcom Corporation

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

Other attendees

  • Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
  • John Mertic, The Linux Foundation
  • Elizabeth Joseph, International Business Machines Corporation
  • Donna Hudi, Phoenix Software
  • Jeff Brown, EMMA
  • Mike MacIsaac
  • Len Santalucia, Converge Technologies Solutions
  • Daniel Horak, Red Hat

Agenda

  • Mainframe Open Education Annual Review [#494]
  • TAC Strategy Session [#763]
  • TAC Vice Chair Election [#725]
  • IBM TechXchange 2025 [#809]

Notes

General Updates

Mainframe Open Education Annual Review

Annual review to be rescheduled.

TAC Strategy Session

John 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.

Open Discussion

Mike MacIsaac provided an update of the Feilong mentorship project, z/VM and Linux Modern Administration.

Elizabeth Joseph reported that the Mainframe Software Hub for Linux held its first TSC meeting.