I disagree. Good design comes from discussions and review. There isn't one person who comes up with great designs. Rather, experience shows it is the other way

I disagree. Good design comes from discussions and review. There isn't one person who comes up with great designs. Rather, experience shows it is the other way around. Don't get me wrong, when you have a project which needs to advance quickly to a target, having a strong leader who can make final decisions is of course very beneficial. But that is not the case here. The basic language is designed (and has been for decades). The challenge now is to design a language standard which will need to have good community support. Which requires buy-in from enough participants. Of course, even a standards commitee can and should have a strong leader and we are discussing exactly that position. But only a leader, not a dictator, however benevolent that might be.