Unfortunately we can't do this. The donation had to come through our US office. I think maybe something to do with claiming tax relief for cisco or for us to class as a donation or something...
Maybe we'll be able to do this for any future donations though. Thanks, Emma On 20 January 2014 15:55, Neil J. McRae <n...@domino.org> wrote: > Cisco do still offer this and they charge you for it - it gets routed via > Holland. > > On 20/01/2014 15:43, "Keith Mitchell" <ke...@uknof.org.uk> wrote: > > >On 01/20/2014 09:36 AM, Nigel Titley wrote: > >> On 20/01/2014 14:26, Paul Sladen wrote: > >>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Emma Frost wrote: > >>>> We (as in the Internet Society) are trying to donate some > >>>> routers > >>> By any chance, would it be this one? > >>> > >>> "His Excellency Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of ASREN > >>> recognizes the donation of the Internet Society and Cisco > >>> systems..." > >>> > >>> > http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/338-abu-ghazaleh-recognized-the-donat > >>>ion-of-isoc-and-cisco-systems-for-asren-pop-in-london.html > >>> > >>> It doesn't mention the actual kit involved, but could be it that the > >>> equipment are demo/sample/prototypes that Cisco no longer require. > > > >We had a similar issue with significant Cisco donations for F-root at > >ISC. What Cisco managed to do once, but we never quite figured out how > >to get repeated, was to have them ship the goods *internally* (i.e. > >while still Cisco property) to the relevant country through their > >channels, and have the donation transacted in-country. I don't think the > >Internet usual suspect who arranged this works for Cisco anymore, however. > > > >Keith > > > > >
