Calling a function from within a movieclip

How do I do this, and Is it wrong to do it this way?
I have a movieclip on the timeline and within that movieclip
it has buttons which I've placed listeners. I'm doing it this way
rather than putting the code in the document class because the
buttons don't appear right away in the movieclip (not until around
frame 10). The function is defined in the document class because it
is used with other movieclips.
Anyone have an idea on how to properly do this?

Well, I'm at least not getting an error - however, nothing is
happening when I click the button to call the function (which is
indeed public). Inside the function is a simple trace. I've even
added a param to the function just for fun, and there's no error
when calling the function from the button.

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