I'm definitely down with 1&2, these are good common sense ones. What I'll start off with is the Gauntlet challenges for the two magi of the less experienced players so that they can test things out and let them respec a little of they feel that they put points in the wrong place.
I'm not sure why not have a charter debate. We did it for the game I play in (rather than ST), and we have this great 100 ish point charter. But we didn't do it in session, instead posting between sessions.