Mainframe infrastructure coming online status

[jmertic]

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This ticket is to track the status of the mainframe infrastructure coming onboard. More detail on the resource are at https://tac.openmainframeproject.org/programs/infrastructure

[jmertic]

Current status:

• Finalizing IBM Open Source Program agreement.
• IBM/Marist is doing an inventory and determining anything else needed.
• Open Mainframe Project GB has approved funding for 2024.

[jmertic]

Update:

• Final agreements signed.
• Authorizing the maintenance contract as we speak.
• Bruce Gilkes will be leading the work to bring the infrastructure online.
• Vicom will be doing sys admin support once the infrastructure is online.

Target would be to have mentorships use the infrastructure this summer.