A well-equipped electronics lab will attract one person, and another will find the same lab a deterrent. The presence of a garden will appeal to people who love fresh vegetables and discourage others who dislike agricultural labor. One person finds it a blessed refreshment, another a sign of impure food habits. It will give us members who think a cash economy is necessary and desirable, and discourage those who yearn for total self-sufficiency. For this concept to be useful, we have to dismiss from consideration those things that we can't help.
Dandelion is Canadian, rural and primarily English speaking.
There is no point in worrying about the people who need to live in California and speak Spanish, or those whose professions tie them to the city. Beyond that, Dandelion is still living on a small budget, and will automatically discourage people who can't make themselves go through a pioneering phase. As to those who want an opportunity for a full-time career in art or science, or a riding horse of their own, they need a much larger group, heavily capitalized. They're not going to find it in 1982, and there's nothing we can do about it. There are, nevertheless, a lot of selectors that remain for us to consider.