I'm sure this is a topic that has been covered before, but times (and AMA policy) change so I figured I would ask for some feedback.

We have a beautiful facility on pretty much wide open land, but a BMX bike track recently opened to the East of us so we instituted a no fly zone so that we didn't fly in their vicinity.

Problem is, we have a handfull of members that seem to ignore the rule. I can understand someone just not realizing they've flown past the boundary, especially if they appologize and try not to do it again when corrected, but some guys just don't get the importance of following the rule and when corrected they toss out excuses which usually fall in the "I didn't see anybody over there" category or something along those lines.

Bottom line is there's a very real chance that complaints from the BMX facility about safety concerns could easily jeapordize the clubs future. The fly zone restrictions are really not bad...most folks have no trouble staying within the boundaries especially since we don't have any restrictions on the West end of our runway.

So my question is, have you had simlilar issues at your field and how have you dealt with it? Has your club implemented a zero tollerance policy and came up with some method of enforcing? Did you weed out the few bad apples and if so how did you do it (are there AMA policies we could cite)? Did your club eventually close because of safety reports to the county? Any other approaches?

This will be a topic of discussion at our next club meeting so I'd like to get some ideas, which are usually not in short supply here .

Thanks...