"He talks a good game but doesn't deliver when it comes to the crunch," one Eurosceptic minister complained.
Where many ski resorts are the last place a non-skier should visit in winter, Belalp delivers when it comes to everything wintery and Alpine that doesn't involve skis, though it's the views and simply living at 2,100m that makes your stay.
It's a model that has failed – but there are plenty of other models of regulation out there – models that have teeth and provide more than a thin veneer of accountability on the owners' part, models that actually hold newspapers to account and genuinely deliver when it comes to protecting the interests of the public and of journalism.
Former British number one Tim Henman agrees with Smith that the LTA has so far failed to deliver when it comes to developing the game at grassroots level.
And despite critical praise and award show recognition, new shows Friday Night Lights and 30 Rock have failed to deliver when it comes to viewers and have not yet been given a second season order.
It certainly delivers when it comes to style, made with snake skin and semi-precious stones and pearls, but it also seems to function pretty well as a communications device.
"We have failed to deliver" When it came to prioritizing aid to education, which dropped from 2.3 per cent of global humanitarian funding in 2010 to 1.4 per cent in 2012, the speakers had firm words for the gathering.
As any analyst on Wall Street will tell you, Apple is notorious for under-promising and over-delivering when it comes to guidance.
But it does deliver brilliantly when it comes to visual jokes, action set pieces, physical comedy and unabashed silliness.
"The best advice I was given – I don't remember by who – was to under promise and over deliver, especially when it comes to banks and investors.
