Sorry, no, it's not defunct, the group leaders are just extremely careless/lazy/forgetful/and busy. I'm so sorry. If you still want to join, re-apply and I'll let you in ASAP! One again, sorry about our negligence.
thank you but i was actually accepted about two days after i posted that, i'm glad this awesome group is still here! and don't apologize, i'm grateful that you replied