Access Ventures

AVF

The AV Foundation

The Leadership Experience

Joint Board Retreat

Board Retreat Agenda

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

How we'll work

Come candid. This is a working room, not a review.

Discuss over present

The materials went out ahead; the time together is for the conversation.

Rhythm

Decisions in the morning; dreaming in the afternoon.

9:0025 min

Welcome & grounding

Reflection, a check-in around the table, and the posture for the day.

Movement One

Set the Foundation — The Leadership Experience

The decisions that make everything else durable, handled while the room is fresh.

9:2520 min

Expanded Leadership Plan Discuss

Brian & Bryce on the evolving structure and what it unlocks for stability.

9:4525 min

Board Governance · New Bylaws Approve

Working-group recommendation, Q&A, then adopt.

10:1020 min

Membership Levels & EOY Plan Decide

The four levels and the year-end plan.

10:3015 min

FY 2026/27 Budget Adopt

Assumptions and outlook; adopt now that the revenue picture is set.

10:4510 min

OKR Review Review

Progress against current objectives and adjustments for the year.

10:5515 min

Break

Movement Two

Dream Forward & Plan the Horizon

Working sessions rather than presentations. Where the retreat earns its name.

11:1010 min

The AV Foundation · Big Year Celebrate

Where the foundation stands after a strong year.

11:2020 min

Overlapping Communities & Giving Circles Workshop

The circles model, and the identity question: is this who AVF is becoming?

11:4012 min

Reveal: The New kDAF Reveal

The Kids Donor-Advised Fund and its positioning; first reactions.

11:5218 min

Closing Customers Board help

A working session on the messaging gap, where the board helps align the message.

12:1015 min

New Role · Owner of Growth The ask

The case for a high-A growth role, its scope, and funding.

12:2545 min

Lunch — together

A table prompt tied to the day; time to actually talk.

1:1018 min

Access Ventures · Program Update Celebrate

Reconstruct, fellowships, Oxford, SPIF, and Know Homelessness: wins and where each is heading. Reconstruct last.

1:2822 min

Strategic Question: An "LX Reconstruct"? Working session

The leaner build, with the LX collective as the studio. Appetite, fit, next steps.

1:5010 min

Break

2:0025 min

The Sunset — Confirming the Wind-Down Capstone

Wind down by 70, Bryce as executor. How AV finishes well and what outlives it.

2:2515 min

Synthesis Reflect

How the three connect, and what each of us carries forward.

2:4020 min

Close & commitments

Decisions, owners, and a closing reflection. Adjourn by 3:00.

Sent ahead: Governance Packet, Membership (board decision), and the AVF one-pager. Come having read them, so the time together is for discussion.