The Government of the Student Body will debate an amendment that would give $900 to the 10,000 Hours Show for transportation to this year’s concert in Des Moines.

The bill was written by senator Thomas Danielson, junior in civil engineering, after he was approached by a member of the 10,000 Hours organization at a Inter-Residence Hall Association meeting. Danielson said the bill would be amended from $1,000 to $900 for transportation costs to the concert. The money would come from the senate discretionary account, according to the bill.

Danielson said the 10,000 Hours Show student organization is a nice student group.

“I think it’s a good organization,” he said. “If the group is in need of this money, I don’t see why they shouldn’t be considered for it.”

Nathaniel Oster, assistant director of grassroots of the 10,000 Hours Show and senior in materials engineering, said the 10,000 Hours Show encourages volunteering by providing a free rock concert for those who volunteer 10 or more hours at central Iowa nonprofit organizations.

“The point of the organization is to try and get young people involved with volunteering,” he said.

The reason funds are being requested is so individuals who qualify for the concert will be able to attend the concert, regardless of their access to transportation.

“The incentive is to try to get people to volunteer and if people can’t even make it to the concert, that’s not much of an incentive,” he said.

Although the group did go through regular allocations, Oster said at that time the location of the concert was still unknown. He said none of the money from allocations was used toward the concert.

Oster said the group is expecting around 200 students to use the free transportation.

Danielson said he thinks the bill will pass at Wednesday’s meeting.

The senate has been generous with its discretionary account, and Danielson said Wednesday probably won’t be different.

“I think they’d rather see this money go to the group than have it carry over to next year, and have it not used,” he said.