Group Roles

In our reading in the Small Group Communication book, the authors go into detail about how there are roles that people play in groups. They describe a person's role at "the function that member performs in the group". The authors explained how there are two roles each member performs. The first are task roles, which are the information giver, information seeker, elaborator, initiator, and the administrator. As for my self, I am an initiator because I always feel that I am placed in a group that never wants to get the project going and I am always having to jump-start and organized the group. The second roles are the personal, which can be either the harmonizer, gatekeeper or sensor. These roles deal with the "relationship" between group members and are not task related. Reading over each role, I see myself as the gatekeeper. This member makes sure that communication is open for all members, and may even "restrict information" if need be. I am always the one to make sure everyone has an input, by either having us go around in a circle and speak up, or asking directly. What roles might you play in a group setting?