As this group is likely to be fairly small and thus already all 'friends' is it possible to either disable the friends function or to make everyone automatically friends?
cavespider Hi Auto friends there is no option for this You can try this suggestion to remove the option from layout : https://www.jomsocial.com/forum/profile-universal-features/32074-how-to-remove-hide-add-friend-button-on-profile-page