Hand Signs?

[PeppyGPhiB]

I don't really care for hand signs for Gamma Phi because it feels like a "me too." Other sororities actually have official hand signs, and have for a long time. We don't have to have a hand sign just because other sororities do - just like we don't have to have a mascot because others do. Also, lots of them look way too forced, and in some photos they become the center of attention instead of the girls. The crescents are fine if you must do a hand sign.

[pbear19]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

...in some photos they become the center of attention instead of the girls...

This is the part that I don't like! I don't mind the idea of hand signs, but I think they are rather pointless and definitely distracting when there are other Gamma Phi symbols or indications in the picture. Such as when it's a group pic and there are giant wooden GPhiB letters, or when all the women are obviously wearing GPhi shirts. Why the need to identify with a hand sign then? It takes away from your beautiful smiling faces.

gamma_phi_baby, I'm not sure there will ever be an official written policy on this, but I can echo what TweedleDee said. If your chapter president and/or advisor went to the Academy this past weekend, she should have heard the same thing there.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I don't really care for hand signs for Gamma Phi because it feels like a "me too." Other sororities actually have official hand signs, and have for a long time. We don't have to have a hand sign just because other sororities do - just like we don't have to have a mascot because others do.

Agree on both counts.