Hi Tim My brother Christopher (I put him in CC) lives in the US and he might be interested in helping out. He would love to have more details before committing... You guys can work this out :)
Best regards Gabe Le jeu. 12 févr. 2026, 16:00, Tim Moody via Offline-l < [email protected]> a écrit : > There's a $10K + cottage industry here if someone wants to take it on. > There are no technical or logistical problems; the Canadian team manages it > easily. We just need someone in the US to handle US distribution. Assembly > consists in snapping 3 things together and inserting an sdcard. The sdcards > must be duplicated, but there is a device to do it. Then there are periodic > trips to the post office. > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 7:03 AM <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Send Offline-l mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/offline-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Offline-l digest..." >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: IIAB for the US market (Samuel Klein) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:37:57 -0800 >> From: Samuel Klein <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Offline-l] Re: IIAB for the US market >> To: Using Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki offline >> <[email protected]>, Adam Holt <[email protected] >> >, >> Omprakash D Gnawali <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <CAAtU9WKPPnhotBF3Jw== >> [email protected]> >> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; >> boundary="00000000000038bfff064a8e2a5a" >> >> How is this build work coming? The tariffs are only getting higher... I >> know some of the stock has made it to Boston. >> >> a) I'd love to have multiple people trained in how to do this in the US >> (and worldwide) at least in SF and Bostoni >> b) I'd like to see new design proposals for a custom box, that we could >> get >> made in bulk (at these volumes, the cost should not be significant) >> c) I know a couple colleagues who have students that might want to help >> with IIAB development and testing, perhaps we could list potential >> projects >> / first-time github issues on meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IIAB >> >. >> >> Warmly, >> SJ >> >> On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I'm interested in getting more involved, and working with anyone else >> who >> > wants to. >> > We have local suppliers of microSD cards that seem fine. >> > >> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM James Heilman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Hey All >> >> >> >> We at Wiki Project Med have paused further shipping of IIAB to the USA >> >> due to tariff processes. We were getting about 80 US orders for IIAB >> >> per month. We continue to ship to the rest of the world. >> >> >> >> Basically we charged about 20 USD for assembly, managing postage, and >> >> shipping resulting in a total cost of 63 USD per unit. Wondering if >> >> there are folks in the USA interested in getting involved and managing >> >> that aspect? >> >> >> >> The boards come from the UK which sounds like it is tariff free but >> >> the uSD cards come from China which is at 55% tariffs. So we are still >> >> at the investigative stages on what makes sense. >> >> >> >> Best >> >> -- >> >> James Heilman >> >> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Offline-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 >> 4266 >> > >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A message part incompatible with plain text digests has been removed ... >> Name: not available >> Type: text/html >> Size: 3132 bytes >> Desc: not available >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Offline-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Offline-l Digest, Vol 152, Issue 3 >> ***************************************** >> > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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