In your case, my suggestion would be to upgrade the group to premium for one month ($10), then use Direct Add for the members.? That would remove the Invite/Approve/etc step.? You can use a CSV file to add everyone at once.? When there are more than 20, you may see a short delay, but that normally only lasts a couple of hours (it's a spammer prevention tool Mark uses.)
Duane
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