This document is about informing participants of the Minnesota Cement Masons and Plasterers Pension Fund that the plan has fallen into "critical" status for the 2009 plan year, but the trustees have elected to carry forward the plan's 2008 "green zone" status into 2009 under the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008. It explains the funding categories under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and the actions the trustees must take when a plan is in critical status.