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== NAS ==
We have a NAS that members can use. We cannot assume any responsibility for files stored on the NAS. You should consider it temporary, ephemeral storage. 
===Windows===
===OS X===
# Open Finder
# Go / Connect To Server 
# smb://192.168.1.3/guest
# user: mnuser     pwd: Maker234

== Printers ==
We have a slow laser printer behind the front desk and a color beast in the conference room. If you need to print one or two pages, please do. If you need to print more than that, please pay the [[MOD]]:

* Black and White:  5 cents per page
* Color: 25 cents per page


== Current State ==

=== Windows ===
Windows machines are currently manually installed and configured.

Instructions on how to set up a PC in the makerspace can be [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z5qh5Outx2VFs2VHgpJ6-qM9bS0r2uEJRpsnlNzQc1s/edit found on the GDrive].

=== Ubuntu ===
Ubuntu machines are installed from a central PXE server, including installation of general packages and makerspace wide settings. These are designed to be easily reinstalled with very little effort if the OS gets broken in any way.

=== Imaging Server ===
[[winston.makernexus]] is available within the LAN, and acts as our DHCP, DNS, TFTP, apt-cache, and web server.

PXELINUX is used to netboot machines throughout the space, defaulting to booting from the client machine's local disk. Selecting any of the OS Install options will pull down Ubuntu netinstall configured by a preseed.txt from the web server. Preseed currently names machines based on a hash of their Ethernet MAC address, and will run a setup.sh script post-install to set up all of our customizations.

== Wishlist ==
* Migration to Ubuntu in as many places as possible
* Automatic imaging of Windows machines
* Post-install config management (SaltStack?)
* Regular reimaging of machines
* Centralized storage solution

==Infrastructure Solutions==
Some systems are crucial to the day to day operation of the shop. One example is our CRM system. For these systems we have a strong bias to pay a cloud based vendor to run the systems for us. This provides reliability, support, help desk support, and peace of mind.

=== Amilia ===
We use this for member registration and equipment scheduling and storage rental. We will soon move our certification classes to Amilia as well. 

Prior to Sept 2023 we used EZFacility.

===MailChimp===
We use this for email campaigns. It is free for our level of use and has lots of features.

===Google Analytics===
For tracking our website

===Wix===
To host our website. Wix has some CRM features, but they aren't that good. Wix offers event management, but it isn't that good. It is good for easily maintaining a rather simple website like ours. 

We do sell some classes using Wix "products" but we may move away from this.

===EventBright===
We use this for class and event signups. They charge us a percentage of the ticket price, but their site is very easy to use and provides a lot of features.

===Facebook===
We have run a few facebook ads and they got us click throughs for about $0.25 each. Of course we have a Maker Nexus page and group on Facebook; they work great for keeping in touch with our community (or at least those that are on Facebook).

===G Suite for non-profits===
Google gives us this for free! We host our email services and team drives there. ([[MN_Collaboration_tools#Google_Suite|more info about our implementation]])

==We do not use==

===CiviCRM===
We used it at first, but there is no reasonably priced (for us) cloud vendor.

===WildApricot===
It does not offer any API for integrating our door lock system. And their pre-sales support team was not very helpful.