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 ====== How to get started with Minuto? ====== ====== How to get started with Minuto? ======
  
-To get started, you need a few people who will accept your Minutos. If you don't have a network of people using Minuto, the following tips and ideas might help.+To get started, you need a few people who will accept your Minuto vouchers. If you don't have a network of people using Minuto, the following tips and ideas might be of help.
  
 ===== Where can I find a Minuto group? ===== ===== Where can I find a Minuto group? =====
 The easiest way is if you can join people in your area already using Minuto. Here are a few ways to find them: The easiest way is if you can join people in your area already using Minuto. Here are a few ways to find them:
  
-==== Map of tomorrow ==== +==== Minuto marketplace ==== 
-The //Map of tomorrow// provides information on offers and initiatives about a life and an economy for the common goodThere you also find initiatives, groups or businesses that [[https://www.kartevonmorgen.org/en/m/main?c=51.2254%2C6.7763&z=6.00&search=minuto|use Minuto]] and sometimes Minuto events, too.+ 
 +**For Austria, Germany and Switzerland:** Check this [[https://www.minuto-regional.de/en/kartensuche.html|Minuto marketplace]] to look for people in your region who offer goods or services for Minuto and contact them. 
 + 
 +==== Online directories ==== 
 +Seach in online directories for MinutoThe [[https://www.kartevonmorgen.org/en/m/main?c=51.2254%2C6.7763&z=3.00&search=minuto|Map of tomorrow]] for example provides information on offers and initiatives about a life and an economy for the common good. There you also find initiatives, groups or businesses that use Minuto, and sometimes details about Minuto events, too.
  
 ==== Telegram group ==== ==== Telegram group ====
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 If you can't find a Minuto group near you, start one yourself! Find out here how to do it. If you can't find a Minuto group near you, start one yourself! Find out here how to do it.
  
-Each Minuto voucher must be stamped and signed by three people: By the creator and two guarantorsHere are some practices to get you started quickly:+==== Legal notice ==== 
 +Initially, the concept of Minuto was created in and for Germany. If you live elsewhere you need to check the legal and tax situation for the respective jurisdictionPlease consult a lawyer and a tax advisor before you go public. 
 + 
 +It should be clarified, inter alia, whether and in what extent Minuto may be issued and used as a complementary currency in the respective jurisdiction, who is allowed to issue/use it (age of life, viability) as well as which minimum validity and other contractual conditions are specified by the law.
  
 ==== The Quick Start ==== ==== The Quick Start ====
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 The Minuto Game is suitable both for introducing the use of Minuto to people in a wider circle of acquaintances in a practical way and for expanding an existing Minuto network. Especially people who master a craft or offer food are welcome in Minuto networks. Read more at [[en:minuto-game|The Minuto Game]]. The Minuto Game is suitable both for introducing the use of Minuto to people in a wider circle of acquaintances in a practical way and for expanding an existing Minuto network. Especially people who master a craft or offer food are welcome in Minuto networks. Read more at [[en:minuto-game|The Minuto Game]].
  
-===== Making Minuto known =====+===== Raising awareness about Minuto =====
 Here are a few ways you can raise awareness about Minuto. Here are a few ways you can raise awareness about Minuto.
  
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   - Minuto flyer or brochure *)   - Minuto flyer or brochure *)
   - Invitation for a Minuto meeting (e.g. on the back of a real or sample Minuto voucher)   - Invitation for a Minuto meeting (e.g. on the back of a real or sample Minuto voucher)
-  - Give someone a real Minuto voucher as a gift +  - Give someone a real Minuto voucher as a gift or as a tip
-  - real Minuto voucher as a tip+
  
 ==== Digital ==== ==== Digital ====
   - Add a Minuto web badge or banner to your own website and a link *)   - Add a Minuto web badge or banner to your own website and a link *)
-  - share the link to the multilingual [[https://www.minuto.org|Minuto portal]] or [[https://www.minuto.wiki|Minuto wiki]] with your friends+  - Share the link to the multilingual [[https://www.minuto.org|Minuto portal]] or [[https://www.minuto.wiki|Minuto wiki]] with your friends 
 +  - Add your Minuto offers to the [[https://www.minuto-regional.de/en/|Minuto marketplace]] (see above) so that interested people can find and connect with you.
  
 *) see also [[en:informational-material|Info material]] *) see also [[en:informational-material|Info material]]
  
-A key advantage of Minuto is that it strengthens the region. The vouchers are only the means (of payment) to an end. Therefore, the information should primarily emphasize local cooperation and strengthening of the region, only secondarily the currency. For this reason, it can be useful to immediately refer to other alternatives such as the other local currencies, digital currencies such as [[https://fair-coin.org/en|FairCoin]] and [[https://gradido.net/en/|Gradido]] or the gift culture (e.g. [[https://helfa.org/en|H.e.l.f.a.]]).+A key advantage of Minuto is that it strengthens the region. The vouchers are only the means (of payment) to an end. Therefore, the information should primarily emphasize local cooperation and strengthening of the region, only secondarily the currency. For this reason, it can be useful to immediately refer to other alternatives such as other local, regional, community or digital currencies or the gift economy.
  
 For more opportunities for existing Minuto groups, see below. For more opportunities for existing Minuto groups, see below.
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 ==== Events ==== ==== Events ====
 Besides the above mentioned //Quick Start// and the //Minuto Game// there are other possibilities: Besides the above mentioned //Quick Start// and the //Minuto Game// there are other possibilities:
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 ==== As a Minuto group ==== ==== As a Minuto group ====
-  - Make yourself visible on paper (see above) and on the Internet, with your own website, a group/channel on social media and an entry in the [[https://www.kartevonmorgen.org/en/m/main?c=51.2254%2C6.7763&z=6.00&search=minuto|Map of Tomorrow]] with the keyword //minuto//.+  - Make yourself visible on paper (see above) and on the Internet, for example with your own website, a group/channel on social media and by publishing your offers in the [[https://www.minuto-regional.de/en/|Minuto marketplace]] (see above) and an entry in the [[https://www.kartevonmorgen.org/en/m/main?c=51.2254%2C6.7763&z=3.00&search=minuto|Map of Tomorrow]] with the keyword //minuto//.
   - Invite people in your region to a [[en:minuto-game|Minuto Game]].   - Invite people in your region to a [[en:minuto-game|Minuto Game]].
   - Offer regular Minuto meetings or sporadic events.   - Offer regular Minuto meetings or sporadic events.
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