Why is illustrator converting to RGB when I don't want it to?

I am trying to use artboards to save several versions of a logo (8 different versions). I was hoping to have all 8 versions in one document in both RGB and CMYK (so essentially 16 artboards). I'm gathering this is not possible because when I convert one logo to RGB then all of my other logos convert automatically to CMYK (except PMS versions, they remain accurate.)
I moved on and made 3 different documents, one for PMS, one for RGB, one for CMYK.
I started with the CMYK doc in CMYK Color Mode and converted my PMS colors to CMYK. No problem.
I did a Save As, set to RGB Color Mode, and started changing my colors over to RGB based on the conversion from the PMS.
At this point my CMYK Color Mode, separately saved file, converts all of its logos to RGB.
Is this a glitch or am doing something horribly wrong? I'm not at all new to illustrator, though I am relatively new to CS6. I thought artboards were going to be a Godsend for versioning logos but it seems I've wasted far more time trying to do it this way.
Can anybody help?

I did try that first. However, I've long since moved on from that. I'm talking I convert it in a file and it changes in a file that isn't even open. See below...
I moved on and made 3 different documents (files), one for PMS, one for RGB, one for CMYK.
I started with the CMYK doc in CMYK Color Mode and converted my PMS colors to CMYK. No problem.
I did a Save As, set to RGB Color Mode, and started changing my colors over to RGB based on the conversion from the PMS.
At this point my CMYK Color Mode, separately saved file, converts all of its logos to RGB.
Furthermore, to be sure. I took my PMS document and made two new documents using the Save As (both directly from my PMS only document.) I closed all of the documents and converted them individually. I opened RGB first, set it to RGB color mode and converted from PMS to RGB. No problem. Did the same for the CMYK, except when I said "Recolor Artwork" instead of coloring to CMYK it colored to RGB so I used the swatch pallete which worked. Closed the document. Reopened all 3 documents. My RGB document has now converted itself to CMYK. It's like they're all linked together. Change one, change all.
I even made a test document with a CMYK circle in it, saved as into a new document. Closed the test doc, converted the circle to RGB. Reopened the test doc and the circle is RGB. I am totally baffled. I've also tried AI files instead of EPS, same thing.

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