While I was never the Commaander of the colony (trans: Pres), I was Lieutenant Commander, Marshal and am now Treasurer (trans: VP, Pledge Educator, Treasurer). I did a lot of the work involved with writing our petition and know a few things about being a colony
Being president is a huge task. It's great that you've done your research. I don't know exactly what your HQ demands of you in order to grant you a charter but you should find that out and set your goals accordingly.
Robert's Rules of Order was something that was actually VERY secondary. However, I'll toss you a PM here and see if I can't scan it in. I have a cheat sheet around here somewhere that I like to keep out at meetings.
LHT
Kevin