met quadrennially. When the Sovereign Camp was not in session the organizations was run by a board of directors. States were called either "Jurisdictions" or "Head Camps". Local groups were called either "Camps", "Courts" or "Groves". There were 4,000 locals in 1979. Locals are now called Chapters which are part of geographical Jurisdictions. Chapters elect delegates to the Jurisdictional Conventions held every two years who in turn elect delegates to the National Conventions which are held every four. The governing body of WoodmenLife is the National Convention. In between conventions the organization is run by a Board of Directors which includes the President and CEO, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and up to ten additional members. In film In the film About Schmidt (2002), Jack Nicholson plays a retired Woodmen executive actuary. Financial standing WoodmenLife has been awarded a rating of A+, the second highest ranking out of 15, for its financial strength and operating performance by A.M. Best. See also All-Woman Supreme Court: A Texas court created to hear a Woodmen case References External links Official website Gravestone photographs on flickr.com Gravestone photographs on ancestry.com Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments on waymarking.com 1890 establishments in Nebraska Companies based in Omaha, Nebraska Organizations based in Omaha, Nebraska Organizations established in 1890