{"id":1576,"date":"2025-09-17T18:33:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:41:12","slug":"recap-aws-houston-section-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/2025\/09\/17\/recap-aws-houston-section-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS Houston Section Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1576\" class=\"elementor elementor-1576\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-302380a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"302380a\" 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 class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0de8ca\" data-id=\"b0de8ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-fa95c4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa95c4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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> 09\/17\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Cadillac Bar 1802 Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77007<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 25<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Former District 18 Director Thomas Holt<br \/>Former Houston Section Chair John Bray<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The AWS Houston Section conducted its first section meeting in fiscal year 2025-2026. Members and students heard two special guest speakers stating how they were brought into AWS Houston and how they used their approach to achieve a wider outreach to the welding community.<\/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-65f842a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65f842a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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\/2025\/09\/Former-AWS-District-Director-for-District-18-Thomas-Holt-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Former AWS District Director for District 18 Thomas Holt\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Special Guest Speaker, Former District Director for District 18, Thomas Holt.<\/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-c66de23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c66de23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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\/2025\/09\/Former-AWS-Houston-Section-Chair-John-Bray-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Former AWS Houston Section Chair John Bray\" 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wp-caption-text\">Special Guest Speaker, Former AWS Houston Section Chair John Bray.<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96e3a8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96e3a8f\" 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 class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d29d8a4\" data-id=\"d29d8a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-ad873ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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