{"id":4,"date":"2018-05-04T18:25:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/northtexas\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:51:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4\" class=\"elementor elementor-4\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73a26d00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73a26d00\" 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-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6527f613\" 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>CHAIR<\/strong><br>Shawn Hurst<br><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>VICE CHAIR<\/strong><br>David Nelson<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>SECRETARY<\/strong><br>Brooke Higa <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas 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RSVP: Please email to&nbsp;northtexas@awssections.org Location: Pebcor Laser Solutions \u2013&nbsp;2010 Cartwright St., Dallas TX 75212&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/2026\/01\/19\/%f0%9f%93%a3join-us-1-20-for-emerging-laser-welding-technology-and-the-future-of-fabrication%f0%9f%91%a9%f0%9f%8f%bc%f0%9f%8f%ad\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \ud83d\udce3Join Us 1\/20 for Emerging Laser Welding Technology and the Future of Fabrication\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83c\udfed\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-load-more-anchor\" data-page=\"1\" data-max-page=\"32\" data-next-page=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northtexas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/page\/2\/\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-pagination\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"page-numbers prev\">&laquo; 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