Quote - Yeah well... That's what was thought about MondoJake, too, when he stopped answering my mails... And then I found out he had passed away...

I'd rather care once too often than not at all.

Exactly. I had a similar experience with one of my online friends last year.  

I see nothing wrong with the admin stepping in and making contact with a member, especially if that member has been pretty reliably around and then just suddenly isn't.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi