Open Mainframe Project TAC Meeting - October 22, 2026

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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

Recording

Attendance

Voting Member Attendance

  • Mike Friesenegger - Industry Representative (Chair)
  • Joe Bostian - International Business Machines Corporation
  • Mark Bylok - COBOL Programming Course Representative

Quorum Was Not Achieved.

Voting Members Not in Attendance

  • Phil Tully - Citi
  • Sean Grady - Zowe Representative
  • Dan Kelosky - Broadcom Corporation
  • Kip Twitchell - GenevaERS Representative
  • Lauren Valenti - Open Mainframe Education Representative

Other attendees

  • Tom Slanda, The Linux Foundation
  • John Mertic, The Linux Foundation
  • Len Santalucia, Converge Technology Solutions
  • Roland Koo, International Business Machines Corporation
  • Elizabeth Joseph, International Business Machines Corporation

Agenda

  • COBOL Working Group Review [#581]
  • Feilong Annual Review [#579]
  • Review/renew TAC Industry Representatives for 2027 [#965]
  • TAC Strategy Planning for 2027 [#1041]
  • Help with reviewing non-OMP project entries in the landscape [#1067]
  • Add Guide [#1084]
  • Cloudflare containers for projects [#1167]

Notes

COBOL Working Group Review

Jeff Brown reported that the remaining members of the working group have recommended a pause. Tom Slanda will create a poll for voting members in LFX.

Feilong Annual Review

Mike Friesenegger presented the Feilong Annual Review.

Review/renew TAC Industry Representatives for 2027

John Mertic reviewed the requirements for the TAC Industry Representative and said the nomination period will open in November 2026.

Cloudflare containers for projects

Mertic reported that Cloudflare containers will be made available to Open Mainframe Project projects in 2027, as a part of the project’s contract with The Linux Foundation’s Release Engineering team.

Help with reviewing non-OMP project entries in the landscape

Mertic requested assistance in updating the Open Mainframe Project landscape, specifically the projects that are outside of the Open Mainframe Project.

TAC Strategy Planning for 2027

Slanda stated that an upcoming November TAC meeting will focus on setting 2-3 goals for 2027. Slanda added that TAC Members should begin considering their vision and priorities for the TAC in the meantime.