{"id":645,"date":"2024-03-28T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/easttexas\/?p=645"},"modified":"2025-04-01T21:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:46:42","slug":"recap-section-meeting-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/easttexas\/2024\/03\/28\/recap-section-meeting-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Section Meeting February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"645\" class=\"elementor elementor-645\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0f3b89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0f3b89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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