Was asking Bill Clinton to speak at ICANN San Francisco (for a reported $250,000 fee) a good idea?

For the domain name system, for the unique governance model that ICANN represents, as a spotlight for the key issues that model is currently dealing with – How to integrate governments with being taken over by them? How to spread the Internet to non-English speakers or writers? How to maintain technical stability while continuing to support the ever-increasing demand for network resources that innovation continues to drive? – the media interest generated by Clinton's visit alone probably made it worth it.

About 1,000 people heard him speak in the main ballroom at the San Francisco Westin on Union Square on Wednesday March. They thought he was enthralling enough to hear that they cheered when he walked on stage, and had given him two standing ovations by the time he left it.

As for me, well obviously in this case I can't give an unbiased opinion. When I started in the domain names industry, I never thought it would lead a small time entrepreneur from Paris like me to this. Meeting Clinton was an honor. Simple as that.