TAC Overview
Responsibilities
The TAC’s responsibilities include:
- Setting an overall technical vision for the Open Mainframe Project
- Approving new projects and working groups;
- Overseeing the Project Lifecycle;
- Enabling collaboration between projects and working groups;
- Making recommendations to the Budget Committee for any resource needs;
- Voting on other decisions that come before the TAC.
Additional responsibilities are described in Open Mainframe Project Directed Fund Charter.
What the TAC is NOT responsible for
- The TAC does not manage the day-to-day activities and operations of hosted projects and working groups, such as committer rights, release schedules, and roadmaps.
- The TAC is not responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of Academy Software Foundation. This is the responsibility of the foundation staff.
- The TAC does not directly manage the overall budget for the Open Mainframe Project. The TAC makes resource recommendations to the Budget Committee and Governing Board, and provides feedback on the use of those resources.
Composition
The TAC voting members consist of:
- One representative appointed from each Platinum member
- One representative appointed by the TSC of each TAC Project (as defined in the Open Mainframe Project Directed Fund Charter). are considered TAC Projects
- Up to 2 annually TAC appointed Industry Representatives
See Open Mainframe Project Directed Fund Charter for more information about composition.
Platinum members and TAC Projects can change their representative at any time by making a request here.
Discussion Channels
Relevant Mailing Lists
- TAC Public List: omp-technical@lists.openmainframeproject.org
- TAC Private List: omp-tac-private@lists.openmainframeproject.org (This list is ONLY for sensitive topics)
- Project and Working Group Leads: technical-project-leads@lists.aswf.io