Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - September 11, 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
Attendance
Voting Member Attendance
- Mike Friesenegger - Feilong Representative
- Joe Bostian - International Business Machines Corporation
- Sean Grady - Zowe Representative
Quorum Not Achieved.
Voting Members Not in Attendance
- Andrea Orth - GenevaERS Representative
- Sudharsana Srinivasan - COBOL Programming Course Representative
- Gregory MacKinnon - Broadcom Corporation
- Giancarlo Frix - Rocket Software
- Lauren Valenti - Open Mainframe Education Representative
- Phil Tully - Citi
Other attendees
- Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
- John Mertic, The Linux Foundation
- Daniel Horak, Red Hat
- Elizabeth Joseph, International Business Machines Corporation
- Jeff Brown, EMMA
- Len Santalucia, Converge Technology Solutions Corp
- Donna Hudi, Phoenix Software
- Aaron Kippins, International Business Machines Corporation
Agenda
- Ambitus [#577]
- TAC Strategy Session [#763]
- Update Code of Conduct - Reporting and enforcement guidelines [#880]
- Schedule Next Private Session
- Looking for Open Mainframe Projects for Western Students [#690]
- Add eligibility requirements for elected individuals [#275]
Notes
General Updates
Ambitus
Joe Bostian presented the annual review for Ambitus.
Aaron Kippins offered to make a presentation on achieving the OpenSSF badge at a future TAC meeting.
Update Code of Conduct - Reporting and enforcement guidelines
Mike Friesnegger reported that a vote will take place offline via LFX.
Add eligibility requirements for elected individuals
Friesnegger reported that a vote will take place offline via LFX.
TAC Strategy Session
Friesnegger summarized the current state of the final list of strategic initiatives created by the TAC. Friesnegger recommended pausing the AI chat bot and Directory of Subject-Matter Experts initiatives until 2026.
Looking for Open Mainframe Projects for Western Students
Friesnegger reported that Western University is interested in developing mentorship programs for their students with the Open Mainframe Project. Discussion ensued, and the TAC agreed that projects do not have the time or access to mainframe infrastructure to run mentorships more than once per year. Friesnegger recommended that Western Students apply for Open Mainframe Project summer mentorships.