Officer Dangle Question

[Trey_P-I_47]

What do you mean by fraternity men getting to have Position 'pieces'. I thought officer dangles were a sort of widely accepted thing amongst everybody. I have seen several different GLOS that had officer dangles attached to their badge and guard. I guess it just depends on the organization or the chapter. If you want a gavel denoting that you were a President then I dont see who would really stop you if you were so inclined. Or am I way off and you were going along the lines of actual military type medals denoting position or what have you.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

What do you mean by fraternity men getting to have Position 'pieces'. I thought officer dangles were a sort of widely accepted thing amongst everybody. I have seen several different GLOS that had officer dangles attached to their badge and guard. I guess it just depends on the organization or the chapter. If you want a gavel denoting that you were a President then I dont see who would really stop you if you were so inclined. Or am I way off and you were going along the lines of actual military type medals denoting position or what have you.

AOII doesn't have chapter guards or officer dangles, so I guess they're not that widely accepted.

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

What do you mean by fraternity men getting to have Position 'pieces'. I thought officer dangles were a sort of widely accepted thing amongst everybody. I have seen several different GLOS that had officer dangles attached to their badge and guard. I guess it just depends on the organization or the chapter. If you want a gavel denoting that you were a President then I dont see who would really stop you if you were so inclined. Or am I way off and you were going along the lines of actual military type medals denoting position or what have you.

Well on our campus only the ladies use dangles. But that would be cool if Sigma Nu had specialized military style dangles...I haven't been president (Eminent Commander), I've just been Lieutenant Commander (VP) twice, Recorder (Secretary) once, Alumni Relations once, and Risk Reduction Chair once.

I haven't seen men's dangles on websites either...

[AUDeltaGam]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

When did you all get your chapter guards? After you get dangles?

I got my guard and 2 of my dangles at the same time

[honeychile]

Everyone in our chapter ordered their guards along with their pins, but not anymore. I have mine dangles (the ones that are on, that is!) on the sliding chain, but at a Panhellenic Luncheon, saw someone who had hers on just like AUDeltaGam does. After checking with our EO, I've decided to do something similar with my pin. "Alumnae Privilege" is great!

[polarpi]

I got my first guard after I ordered my pin and bought some dangles, but I recently purchased a new "upgraded" badge and purchased the guard at the same time. I'm planning on purchasing some (if not all) the dangles I plan on "repurchasing" at Convention in a few weeks.

But back to the original question - I put my dangles through the links of the guard, I guess to help them "stand out" individually. I've had a number of people (sisters and non-sisters) mention my dangles when they see me wearing my badge, and I guess I also feel that they're a little "safer" where I might only lose one if it fell off the chain, rather than all of them if my chain broke.

[KillarneyRose]

My Badge disappeared a couple of years ago so when I ordered a replacement from National it came to me with the dangles attached through the individual links of the guard chain. I really don't like the way the dangles lay when they're attached like this and eventually I'd like to take off the dangles and put them back on so that the guard chain goes through the dangles' jump rings.

A word of caution about doing this yourself...when you're pulling apart the jump rings (the little hoops that connect the guard chain to the guard and Badge and the dangles to the guard chain), be careful how you position the ends when you close it again. You don't want it opening! Here is a helpful link for if anyone is interested...
http://www.fusionbeads.com/Opening-a...ng-a-Jump-Ring

[emb021]

Funny.

I recently ordered an additional chapter guard and officer dangle. When I did so, they offered to attach the dangle to the guard. I said fine, thinking they were going to attach it in the chain.

Then I received the items, and found they had attached the dangle to the jump ring that attaches the chain to the back of the badge. Great.

I had to remove the dangle, then string it on the chain. Basically extra work.