Is it possible to import a group of Buddies from Address Book?

We have 25 users that are about to go "live" on Jabber/iChat. The thought of manually entering each and every Buddy, asking to be accepted is a daunting task.
I can only imaging how long my office will be dn while 25 staff ask all other 24 staff members to be allowed to add each one as a Buddy.
There MUST be an easier way to set up an inner-office Jabber list that is just pre-entered?

DOH!!!
That's pretty sweet!
I couldn't see the forest for the trees...
Many thanks

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