Geovanni Bahena Joins the AppleVis Editorial Team

A warm welcome from me and glad to know you're still expending! Even being familiar with code isn't enough to know accessibility well and this person is definitely a very nice add in the overall team especially thinking of bug reports. Welcome!
PS: working on a plan to get certified with ccap from iaap myself :)

I Can't wait to hear the announcement. don't keep us waiting to long please.

Just sending out a welcome!

I hope you enjoy working for the applevis team, they're awesome!

I just wanted to thank those of you who have sent welcome messages on this post, it's definitely exciting for me, and I've always appreciated what this community has to offer for everyone, and hope I can be of some service to the community as we continue on this wonderful journey, I especially want to thank the team at Be My Eyes for Opening the possibility for us to continue this great work.

Let me start by saying that all the members are helpful and supportive. My question is why we do not have women? Even in the monthly podcast is just guies. Do not recall they having a woman in the podcast for a long time. I am sure that we have very knowledgeable women that know about windows and apple products. Hope no one jumps on me and start calling me names just for asking. If there is some, I apologize to all. Thanks.

Hey Holger,

There have been at least 2 ladies whom have presented a podcast within the past 4 months, Ida Grace, and Tarja. Check out the links below. 😀

Disney+ from Ida:
https://www.applevis.com/podcasts/bringing-magic-disney-your-ios-device

AudioCat from Tarja:
https://www.applevis.com/podcasts/purrfect-play-exploring-games-audiocat-ios

They did their own podcast but talking about within the applevis podcast or editorial. Like I stated if there are some, sorry for asking but do not know. Thanks Brian.

Thank you so much for agreeing to donate some of your time to this site. I look forward to your contributions!

Geovanni, welcome aboard and I can't wait for you to start your work here. I'm also excited for the upcoming announcement. I for one have greatly benefitted from AppleVis since joining, and wish you nothing but the best in your new role.

Hi Holger and all,

Holger, thank you for your feedback on this.

Diversifying our team is something that we are actively in discussions about how to do well. The need for diversity is one of the pieces of feedback we received in our survey (much more on the survey results to come--watch this space). When evaluating a person's possible membership on our Editorial Team, the only thing we have ever considered is qualifications--that is, does the person have the required technical experience, soft skills, and time to commit to AppleVis. We have never considered gender or any other factors besides qualifications when evaluating candidates.

As our team structure evolves, we plan to open up applications to join our team in the next few months. We would love to recruit more qualified and experienced candidates from underrepresented people groups and will keep the community updated.

Agree about experience and know how. If you had to have a discussion about this, you already there is an issue. Oh well. Thanks for your respond.

Hi Holger,

When I said that we are actively in discussions about diversifying our team, I was trying to convey that these are ongoing conversations. A desire to diversify our team is something that we have been thinking about, and it is also one of the pieces of feedback the community gave us in our 2024 Community Survey. How we live out this goal in a way that is sensitive, fair, and equitable to all is something that we are actively in the process of figuring out.

I look forward to your contributions and I am also excited about the announcement.