Hmm. I have an idea, which may be stupid, but I'll say it anyway.
What if... the card gets tested, and everyone signs up for their cards. And everyone pays. But to share the workload, the people on the forum who are good at soldering could recieve around 5 bare cards and parts, solder them up, and send them on to other people in their area? As a consequence, the people who recieve these cards would pay a small fee to the solderer, meaning the solderer would end up getting a reduced/free card?
Like I say it may be ridiculous, but considering the interest these things are generating, I don't see GameofYou having time to solder together 100s of these things. And I suck at soldering, so I would gladly pay someone to solder mine (if I get one).