{"id":1420,"date":"2025-05-13T17:20:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:28:31","slug":"recap-aws-member-appreciation-night-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/2025\/05\/13\/recap-aws-member-appreciation-night-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS Member Appreciation Night 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1420\" class=\"elementor elementor-1420\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d04706 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d04706\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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