diff --git a/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
index 3b857f8a6..b17ead153 100644
--- a/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class BulkUpdateRequestsController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json, :js
-  before_filter :member_only
+  before_filter :member_only, :except => [:index, :show]
   before_filter :admin_only, :only => [:approve]
   before_filter :load_bulk_update_request, :except => [:new, :create, :index]