It's a good idea for you all who have been together a long time and have become good friends, especially for those of you who live alone and have no other family.this I have wanted for a long time!! Sometimes we've found out what happened to someone, sometimes they'd just disappeared and we've never known. I have phone #'s for a lotta folks, as many of us do. But would also be nice to have a family contact in case we can't get hold of someone.
I worried for a long time about several people in this situation in another forum with which I've been involved for a long time and we've all become friends over the years. A while back one person opened a FB page for the group because they worried the forum would be closed some day and they wouldnt be able to get in touch with one another. Two different members of the group admin the page in case something happens to one of them. Everybody listed a phone number and a close relative to contact (if they have one which many dont). It's a closed group so no one can access it.
Once a week we all chat on that FB which is a lot of fun but also if someone wont be there they're supposed to let another person know so we dont worry something happened.