See The Article Here: http://www.newhavenregister.com/articles/2009/01/19/news/new_haven/a3-mon-neclick.txt

We have created watch areas for all of the Police Lieutenants and we are already getting feedback that some Lieutenants have been very quick to respond to SeeClickFix alerts in their areas.

If you are in New Haven, try reporting a non-emergency policing issue. If you're outside of New Haven, try the same and as well help your police department set up watch areas of their own.

SeeClickFix was invited by New Haven Police Chief Lewis to speak to top brass this morning about using the site to be kept abreast of policing issues such as speeding, drug dealing and prostitution.

The Chief asked if we would mind creating watch areas for all of his Lieutenants in the 10 policing districts of New Haven. We will be working to map those over the next day or so. Anyone who wants to volunteer to help...feel free to shoot us an email. :-)

SeeClickFix remains very excited and positive about the progressive and transparent governing of its founders' community: New Haven.

Though its not the most glamorous SeeClickFix issue it did generate enough controversy to spark a front page story.
A neighborly dispute documented on a seeclickfix issue about harassment and zoning issues has garnered the attention of neighbors in this West Haven community along with zoning officials, West Haven Police, Public Works, City Councilman and the New Haven Register. Check out the story here: http://www.newhavenregister.com/articles/2009/01/04/news/a1seeclickfix.txt
We'd be interested to hear what you think about the Register's take.

The North East Neighborhood Association in Olympia Washington sent out this message to its community. We think it nails all the points and is a good template for encouraging your community to start clicking.

"Northeast Neighborhood Association
Graffiti Busters Campaign
Reporting graffiti is easy!
1. Go to http://www.seeclickfix.com
2. Click on “SeeClick – Report an Issue”
Type in the street name and zip code: For example - Miller Ave. NE 98506.
This will put you in our neighborhood.
Once you click on an area, you can drag the marker to the exact location of the tagging.
The seeclickfix program will automatically load in an address.
In your description, please include additional information about the tagging. For
example: “Graffiti on front of stop sign at corner of Miller and Central St.” For street signs
please indicate if the graffiti is on the front or back of the sign.
Also, any additional details you can provide will be helpful to the police in their tracking of
repeat taggers. For example – ‘ANTOX’ tag on power pole on west side of Bethel Street
between Miller and Etheridge.
You can go back at any time and check the status of taggings or add comments.
3. The NE Neighborhood Association and the City of Olympia will receive
emails with your report and arrange to have the graffiti removed
You may be contacted for more information about your report if we are unsure about the
location or the type of property that was tagged.
All issues reported on seeclickfix are viewable to the world and can be commented on by
anyone. Additionally you can encourage your neighbors and friends to click on the ticket you
reported and click “I want this fixed too” to help reinforce the neighborhood’s interest in
having the problem addressed."

Contest
Entry = photo or video
Prize = fame

SeeClickFix has a new look and a bunch of new features.
To celebrate the ability to add photos and videos to issues, we are launching a contest. Two people will receive national recognition on our blog. One person will be famous for having the most compelling photo and another for the most compelling video. Entries are valid from now until the end of 2008.

Simple steps to get started:
1. Report or visit an issue.
2. Click on "View or Add Comments/Close Ticket".
3. Scroll down to the bottom and "Add an Image" or add a "Youtube link".

Let the best wo/man win.

-SeeClickFix Team
team@seeclickfix.com

Seen a pothole that you really wanted documented but forgot about it when you got home?
We have now simplified SeeClickFix for mobile so you can report an issue or view existing issues in one click with quicker load time.

Just go to http://www.seeclickfix.com in your mobile web browser.
Please try it out and let us know what you think.

When you're traveling for the holidays why not use the new seeclickfix mobile tool to report some issues in a new community and spread Clicking and Fixing to other parts of the Country.

New on SeeClickFix this morning is:

1) Activity. You will notice that you can now view issues, fixers and activity on the map. Activity highlights new issues created as well as watch areas created, photo and video added and other activity on SeeClickFix. What do you think?

2) Easy RSS. Now when you create a watch area you not only have the option to generate an embeddable widget for your map view but you also have the ability to generate an rss feed for that area. The link is below the update button when you are editing your watch area. Is it important to you? Should we locate it somewhere more predominantly?

3)SeeClickFix pro users can now add their logo and a description of their organization to their profile. That logo and description will appear on all issues that they acknowledge. Example here: http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/1592

Thanks Kam and Jeff...you guys are the best!