Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - November 13, 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
- Sean Grady - Zowe Representative
- Mike Friesenegger - Feilong Representative
- Dan Kelosky - Broadcom Corporation
- Mark Bylok - COBOL Programming Course Representative
Quorum Not Achieved.
Voting Members Not in Attendance
- Giancarlo Frix - Rocket Software
- Phil Tully - Citi
- Lauren Valenti - Open Mainframe Education Representative
- Andrea Orth - GenevaERS Representative
- Joe Bostian - International Business Machines Corporation
Other attendees
- Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
- John Mertic, The Linux Foundation
- Michael MacIsaac
- Rick Troth
- Ashley Anderson
- Jeff Brown
- Daniel Horak, Red Hat, Inc.
- Len Santalucia, Pellera Technologies
- Elizabeth Joseph, International Business Machines Corporation
- Mark Ackert, Broadcom Corporation
- Berry van Sleeuwen
- Matt Hogstrom, Broadcom Corporation
Agenda
- Zowe Annual Review [#526]
- ztrust Working Group [#901]
- TAC Vice Chair Election [#933]
- Adding Community Elected Representatives Roles to the TAC [#936]
- Zorse and COBOL Check Updates
Notes
General Updates
Zowe Annual Review
Sean Grady presented the annual review for Zowe.
Ztrust Working Group
Rick Troth presented the proposal for the ztrust Working Group. A vote to approve the proposal will take place offline in LFX.
TAC Vice Chair Election
Mertic reported the TAC Vice Chair Election would begin in December.
Adding Community elected representative roles to the TAC
Mertic presented a recommendation to add the ability for the TAC to select up to 2 individuals yearly as Community Representatives with full voting rights. Discussion ensued, and Mertic volunteered to summarize the proposal and send it to the TAC mailing list.
Zorse and COBOL Check Updates
Mertic reported that Zorse and COBOL Check are still in need of maintainers. Discussion ensued, and Elizabeth Joseph and Mark Bylok offered to recruit for COBOL Check. Mertic suggested archiving the Zorse project, and the TAC representatives agreed. A vote will take place offline in LFX.