Kindly put a price tag on these events. Then add the long term financial benefits to them. Potential has no price.

ST. LOUIS – President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton (click here) concluded Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2013, dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders to solve the world’s most pressing global challenges.  More than 1,000 students, from more than 300 colleges and universities, all 50 states, and over 75 countries joined  innovators, thought leaders, and civically engaged celebrities at Washington University in St. Louis to address issues in areas such as education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation, and public health.
At this year’s meeting, students made more than 630 Commitments to Action: specific, measurable plans to address pressing challenges facing campuses and communities around the world, bringing the total number to more than 4,500 Commitments since the CGI U was first held in 2008....

An organization this size with this scope is going to have loose ends.