Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - July 24, 2025

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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 can be found at this link.

Attendance

Voting Member Attendance

  • Lauren Valenti - Open Mainframe Education Representative
  • Sean Grady - Zowe Representative

Quorum Not Achieved.

Voting Members Not in Attendance

  • Sudharsana Srinivasan - COBOL Programming Course Representative
  • Giancarlo Frix - Rocket Software
  • Phil Tully - Citi
  • Mike Friesenegger - Feilong Representative
  • Gregory MacKinnon - Broadcom Corporation
  • Andrea Orth - GenevaERS Representative
  • Joe Bostian - International Business Machines Corporation

Other attendees

  • Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
  • Daniel Horak, Red Hat
  • Jeff Brown, EMMA
  • Len Santalucia, Converge Technologies Solutions
  • Donna Hudi, Phoenix Software
  • Mike MacIsaac

Agenda

  • Mainframe Open Education Annual Review [#494]
  • TAC Strategy Session [#763]
  • TAC Vice Chair Election [#725]
  • Create process for reporting conduct and tool usage violations [#832]

Notes

General Updates

Mainframe Open Education Annual Review

Lauren Valenti presented the annual review for Mainframe Open Education. A renewal vote will take place offline in LFX.

TAC Strategy Session

Tom Slanda reported that volunteers are still needed to lead the “Directory of Experts” group and the “AI Chatbot for Project Documentation” initiative.

TAC Vice Chair Elections

Slanda 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.

Create process for reporting conduct and tool usage violations

Slanda said a pull request has been opened with the draft enforcement policy, including the feedback provided from the previous meeting.