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I am attempting to create a forum site not unlike this site, but I need to support groups.

As a user I want to be able to create a group so that I can have forums which are private to the group.
As a member of a group I want to be able to invite other users to my group without having to friend the user.

I had group functionality, provided by BuddyPress but was lacking forums. I installed bbPress to gain forums, but given that groups is not a retired feature. I lost my groups admin tools.

Currently using the TwentyTen theme. I still have the ability to create a group, but users are required to friend someone and have them reply before they can be invited to the group. Not something that works for this group of existing users. I need to be able to administer groups and then have group members able to invite others without the friendship requirement.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

I’m working on a new site in a multisite configuration running
WP 4.1.1
BuddyPress 2.2.1
bbPress 2.5.6