diff --git a/planetstack/core/models/role.py b/planetstack/core/models/role.py
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+import os
+import datetime
+from django.db import models
+from core.models import PlCoreBase
+
+class Role(PlCoreBase):
+
+    #ROLE_CHOICES = (('admin', 'Admin'), ('pi', 'Principle Investigator'), ('user','User'))
+    role_id = models.CharField(max_length=256, unique=True)
+    role_type = models.CharField(max_length=80, unique=True)
+
+    def __unicode__(self):  return u'%s' % (self.role_type)
+
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwds):
+        self.os_manager.save_role(self)
+        super(Role, self).save(*args, **kwds)
+    
+    def delete(self, *args, **kwds):
+        self.os_manager.delete_role(self)   
+        super(Role, self).delete(*args, **kwds)
+