It’s definitely active, just today I was listening to Dave Rupert talking about a versatile element for tabs widgets (and other things) that’s really making good progress.
Isn't that just the charter which lists their goals? Should their organizational goals change massively in a single year? The charter of most NGOs basically stays static for their entire lifetime.
I think they're referring to the date, April 1 is "April Fool's Day" in many countries. Some companies put out joke press releases on April 1 that are not intended to be taken seriously.