# RENU-VCA Registered Governance Methodology & Creator Know-How Provenance Record v1.0

Record date: August 26, 2026  
Package context: RENU + VCA Education Platform acquisition/handoff package  
Record type: documentation-only background-IP, creator-know-how, methodology, and provenance layer

## Scope And Boundary

This record documents a supporting intellectual-property provenance layer concerning Vince Carol's pre-existing governance, infrastructure, human/AI operating methodology, creator know-how, and registered written works that document portions of that methodology.

This record is not an Education Platform source-code audit. It does not modify, replace, enlarge, or reinterpret the previously completed forensic audit, source/archive hashes, dependency register, license register, Gamma provenance records, source classifications, build/deployment records, or technical findings.

The controlling technical finding remains unchanged: the audited RENU + VCA Education Platform source snapshot represents a pre-funding executive-demonstration implementation, and deferred production infrastructure should not be characterized as completed source functionality unless independently verified in source.

The supplied U.S. Copyright Office Certificate images are treated as primary-source provenance exhibits for the metadata visible on the certificates. They are not treated as executable source code, Education Platform source assets, or assignments of the registrations.

## Purpose Of This Add-On

The certificate exhibits are included as evidence that Vince Carol had developed and reduced to written form a governance, infrastructure, human/AI production, and deployment methodology before the current Education Platform transaction.

The registrations are not presented as ownership of every abstract idea reflected in the methodology. They are included to document:

- pre-existing creator authorship;
- chronology;
- registered written expression;
- a documented body of governance and operating thought;
- Vince Carol's pre-existing methodology and creator know-how;
- the VCA/BMV development environment from which later products emerged;
- and the background intellectual-property foundation that informs the services and licensed rights being provided to VCA Platforms LLC.

## Registered Work No. 1

Evidence exhibit: `E:/Downloads 2026/VCA Copyright Cert 1.PNG`  
Exhibit SHA-256: `3B6883133461E7AD84C8A9648032C848E1DB9270BC1EEA69A60F12CAC92A21EA`

| Field | Visible certificate metadata |
|---|---|
| Title of work | VCA Global Governance & Infrastructure Deployment Module |
| Registration number | TXu 2-542-593 |
| Effective date of registration | December 5, 2025 |
| Registration decision date | May 18, 2026 |
| Year of completion | 2025 |
| Author | Vince Carol |
| Copyright claimant | Vince Carol |
| Author contribution | Text |
| Work made for hire | No |
| Certificate page supplied | Page 1 of 2 |

The certificate also displays rights-and-permissions contact information. That personal/contact information is not reproduced here beyond the organization/name metadata necessary for provenance indexing.

## Registered Work No. 2

Evidence exhibit: `E:/Downloads 2026/VCA Copyright Cert 2.PNG`  
Exhibit SHA-256: `AAA9843AC087347C3BB4EC7CF1A81D3D0737B9D4B7E11019DFD103CB1C086753`

| Field | Visible certificate metadata |
|---|---|
| Title of work | VCA Enterprise Operating System (EOS): Human-AI Hybrid Production & Deployment Framework |
| Registration number | TXu 2-542-874 |
| Effective date of registration | December 9, 2025 |
| Registration decision date | May 19, 2026 |
| Year of completion | 2025 |
| Author | Vince Carol |
| Copyright claimant | Vince Carol |
| Author contribution | Text |
| Work made for hire | No |
| Certificate page supplied | Page 1 of 2 |

The certificate also displays rights-and-permissions contact information. That personal/contact information is not reproduced here beyond the name metadata necessary for provenance indexing.

## Creator And Enterprise Relationship

For this acquisition record, the connected creator and enterprise-development structure is documented as follows based on transaction-supplied information:

- Vince Carol is the individual creator, author, and registered claimant identified on the certificate exhibits.
- Vince Carol and Associates (VCA) is the historical operating and development organization through which related methodologies, products, services, commercialization activities, consulting, production, and deployment work were conducted.
- Vince Carol and Associates is identified for this transaction record as a wholly owned subsidiary of BMV Holdings LLC.
- BMV Holdings LLC is the transaction-side seller/assignor of the specifically scheduled Education Platform and Kayla assets and is associated with the separately scheduled background-IP licensing structure.
- VCA Platforms LLC is the acquiring and operating entity established for the current transaction.

These persons and entities should not be described as legally identical. Historical materials may reference Vince Carol, Vince Carol and Associates/VCA, or BMV Holdings LLC depending on the nature and timing of the specific record. Those references should be preserved as provenance evidence rather than rewritten.

## Pre-Existing Governance And Operating Methodology

The registered works should be characterized as documented written expressions of a broader pre-existing governance and operating methodology developed by Vince Carol.

That methodology may inform:

- how AI is directed by humans;
- how systems are structured;
- how workflows are governed;
- how ideas are transformed into operating models;
- how infrastructure is conceptualized;
- how educational or advisory systems are developed;
- how products are positioned and commercialized;
- how information is converted into teachable or deployable formats;
- and how human expertise and AI tools are combined to produce business outcomes.

This methodology and associated know-how have continuing commercial value independent of the Education Platform source code. The methodology should not be characterized as software merely because software may later implement portions of it. It is a creator-developed governance, operating, production, deployment, and commercialization methodology supported by registered written works.

This record does not independently characterize the methodology as a legally protected trade secret. Any such conclusion would require separate transaction documentation or evidence establishing the required confidentiality and protection measures.

## Relationship To The Education Platform

The RENU + VCA Education Platform is a distinct product asset. It should be described as a later commercial/product development conceived and structured within the broader VCA/BMV methodology and creator-know-how environment.

Relevant applications of the methodology to the Education Platform include:

- converting workforce-development concepts into structured learning pathways;
- combining human-centered education with AI-assisted guidance concepts;
- developing modular learner journeys;
- connecting learning, credentials, employment, and workforce development;
- transforming complex infrastructure thinking into understandable user experiences;
- and designing a system that can be taught, demonstrated, sold, administered, and eventually deployed at scale.

The Education Platform is evidence of the methodology being applied commercially. It is not the same thing as either registered governance work, and the certificate exhibits are not part of the Education Platform source-code inventory.

## Relationship To Kayla

Kayla is a separate product/IP development. Kayla should be described as an example of Vince Carol applying the broader human/AI governance, communication, education, commercialization, and deployment philosophy to create a human-facing virtual guide.

The conceptual development of Kayla reflects an effort to transform complex information, learning, guidance, encouragement, and navigation into a human-centered interface.

Kayla is not either of the two registered works. The registrations should not be described as automatically giving ownership of every Kayla concept. Kayla was developed within and informed by the broader creator methodology and enterprise-development environment documented by the registered works and related provenance materials.

The forensic conclusion remains unchanged: the audited Education Platform acquisition source snapshot contains no live Kayla/AI implementation.

## Acquisition Classifications

### Education Platform Acquired Product IP

The specifically scheduled Education Platform product/software assets being acquired. This category remains governed by the audited source snapshot and related transaction schedules.

### Kayla Acquired IP

The specifically scheduled Kayla assets being acquired under the separate Kayla transaction. Kayla-related concepts or sales/demo materials should remain separately classified unless independently established as executable source functionality.

### Pre-Existing / Background Governance & Methodology IP

Pre-existing intellectual property and registered works that remain separately owned and are licensed only to the extent expressly included in the governing IP schedules and agreements. This category includes the registered written works documented by the two supplied certificate exhibits.

This record does not state that VCA Platforms LLC owns the supplied copyright registrations, does not create or imply assignment of the registrations, and does not enlarge the Education Platform asset schedule by treating the registered governance works as purchased Education Platform IP.

### Creator Know-How / Operating Methodology

Vince Carol's continuing experience, judgment, techniques, workflow logic, production/deployment philosophy, human/AI operating practices, commercialization methods, repeatable business methodology, and enterprise leadership supplied through relevant executive, advisory, management, service, and operating relationships.

This creator know-how is commercially important even where portions of the underlying methodology may not be exclusively protected as abstract ideas under copyright law. A business methodology, know-how system, operating practice, or confidential process may have substantial enterprise value independent of the scope of copyright protection for particular written expression.

## Background-IP License Relationship

The current transaction structure should maintain four distinct categories:

1. Education Platform acquired product IP: specifically scheduled Education Platform product/software assets.
2. Kayla acquired IP: specifically scheduled Kayla assets under the separate Kayla transaction.
3. Pre-existing/background governance and methodology IP: separately owned registered works and related background IP licensed only to the extent expressly included in governing IP schedules and agreements.
4. Creator know-how/continuing operating expertise: Vince Carol's continuing experience, judgment, methodology, human/AI operating practices, commercialization capability, production/deployment expertise, and enterprise leadership.

The commercial relationship therefore involves more than delivery of static software. It also depends on continuing application of pre-existing operating methodology, governance expertise, human/AI production framework, commercialization knowledge, and deployment experience.

## Timeline Significance

Both supplied registered works were completed in 2025 and show effective federal registration dates in December 2025:

| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 5, 2025 | Effective registration date for VCA Global Governance & Infrastructure Deployment Module, Registration No. TXu 2-542-593 |
| December 9, 2025 | Effective registration date for VCA Enterprise Operating System (EOS): Human-AI Hybrid Production & Deployment Framework, Registration No. TXu 2-542-874 |
| June 9, 2026 | Native Gamma metadata for ReNu-VCA Education Initiative shows creation by Vince Carol at 2:58 AM |
| July 2, 2026 | Native Gamma metadata for RENU + VCA Education Platform 2.0 shows creation by Vince Carol at 1:21 AM |
| August 2026 | Acquisition source snapshot and technical handoff package were forensically documented |

This chronology is relevant as provenance showing that governance and human/AI operating frameworks existed before the later 2026 Education Platform product-development record.

## Architecture Of The Provenance Layer

The acquisition record should preserve this relationship:

```text
Vince Carol
Creator / Author / Operating Methodology
        |
Registered Written Governance & Human-AI Frameworks
December 2025
        |
VCA / BMV Enterprise Development & Commercialization
        |
Application Of The Methodology To New Products
        |
RENU + VCA Education Platform
and
Kayla
        |
Specific Product-Asset Acquisitions
+
Separately Scheduled Background-IP License
+
Continuing Creator Know-How / Operating Expertise
```

## Preservation Standard

This record should be used to document the commercial reality that a pre-existing creator-developed methodology and body of registered written intellectual property existed before the current transaction; that methodology informed later VCA/BMV product development; specific products are now being acquired; specified background IP is separately licensed; and the creator's continuing know-how and operating expertise remain an important component of the enterprise relationship.

This record should not be used to overstate copyright law, imply assignment of the registered works, treat background methodology as Education Platform source code, or characterize unimplemented functionality as existing source functionality.
