{"id":1131,"date":"2024-05-08T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2025-03-14T12:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T12:31:06","slug":"recap-aws-houston-section-member-appreciation-night-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/2024\/05\/08\/recap-aws-houston-section-member-appreciation-night-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS Houston Section Member Appreciation Night 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1131\" class=\"elementor elementor-1131\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f913296 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f913296\" 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 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17d195d\" data-id=\"17d195d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a2d5fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a2d5fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 05\/08\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>TOPGOLF 1030 Memorial Brook Blvd. Houston, TX<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees: <\/strong>75\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Efram Abrams &#8211; AWS Senior Sales Executive<br \/>Thomas Holt &#8211; AWS District Director<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong> In grateful appreciation for their dedication in supporting the welding community by hosting or supporting The American Welding Society (Houston Section) through Sponsorships, Plant Tours, Student Nights Scouting, and the Texas High School Welding Series our honored guests were treated to an evening of socializing, networking, dinner and recognition.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0a5272 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0a5272\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2024\/05\/Group-Shot-Prefered-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Group Shot Prefered\" 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guest.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-994aeb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"994aeb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2024\/05\/efram-abrams-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"efram abrams\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjExNDIiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvc2VjdGlvbnMuYXdzLm9yZ1wvaG91c3Rvblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE1MVwvMjAyNFwvMDVcL2VmcmFtLWFicmFtcy1zY2FsZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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