         event.preventDefault()
         @lazyDomController.openPath "/#{@groupEntryPoint}/Activity"
 
+    @requestButton?.hide()
     @buttonWrapper.addSubView open
 
     if isAdmin


  decorateGuestStatus:->

    @requestButton = new CustomLinkView
      title    : "Request Access"
      cssClass : "request"

  parseMenuItems :(callback)->
    KD.remote.cacheable @groupEntryPoint, (err, groups, name)=>
      if groups.first
        groups.first.fetchReadme (err,readme={})=>
          {content} = readme
          unless err or not content
            menuItems = []
            lines = content.split("\n");
            for line,index in lines
