To show just how much people appreciate the service, one of the users bought an extra table and donated it. The room also has been used by insureds for meetings. The Obenchain experience prompted Dennis Hilton, CISR, operations manager and sales representative for the Cheney Insurance Agency in Damariscotta, Maine, to add a conference room to his agency. The room has a scenic river view and is provided free of charge. Unlike Obenchain, however, Cheney does offer the room to groups for regular meetings.
Future plans call for the room to be used for seminar selling.
In both these communities, meeting space was at a premium.