I concur with Lord...you are in between a rock and a hard spot. Sad to say, if the friendship cannoy make him tone it down, you have few alternatives. With only 200 members you could easily restrict access to the one forum and then grant access as you wish via the control panel to each user. You'll juat have to remember to grant access for any new users.
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